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FINDINGS  OF  FACTS 


THE  RAILROAD  COMMISSION 

OP  WASHINGTON 


RELATIVE  TO  THE 


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OF  THE 

0.  R.  & N.  RAILWAY  SYSTEM 


IN  THE 


STATE  OF  WASHINGTON 


OLYMPIA,  WASH  : 

E.  L.  Boardman,  Public  Printer, 
1909. 


FINDINGS  OF  FACTS 


THE  RAILROAD  COMMISSION 

OP  WASHINGTON 

RELATIVE  TO  THE 


VALUATION 


OF  THE 

0.  R.  & N.  RAILWAY  SYSTEM 


IN  THE 


STATE  OF  WASHINGTON 


OLYMPIA,  WASH: 

E.  L.  Boardman,  Public  Printer, 
1909. 


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In  the  Matter  of  Ascertaining  the  Values  of  the 
Railroads  in  the  State  of  Washington. 


THE  RAILROAD  COMMISSION  OF  WASHINGTON,  ] 

Complainant. 


The  Northern  Pacific  Railway  Company,  a corpora- 
tion; 

The  Great  Northern  Railway  Company,  a corpora- 
tion; 

The  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company,  a cor- 
poration ; 

The  Washington  & Columbia  River  Railway  Com- 
pany, a corporation; 

The  Port  Townsend  Southern  Railroad  Company, 

a corporation; 

The  Columbia  River  & Northern  Railway  Company, 

a corporation; 

The  Columbia  & Red  Mountain  Railway  Company, 

a corporation; 

The  Washington  & Great  Northern  Railway  Com- 
pany, a corporation; 

The  Spokane  Falls  & Northern  Railway  Company, 

a corporation; 

The  Washington,  Idaho  & Montana  Railway  Com- 
pany, a corporation;  V 

The  Columbia  & Puget  Sound  Railroad  Company, 

a corporation; 

The  North  Yakima  & Valley  Railway  Company, 

a corporation. 

The  Bellingham  Bay  & British  Columbia  Railroad 
Company,  a corporation; 

The  Tacoma  Eastern  Railroad  Company,  a corpor- 
ation. 


The  llwaco  Railway  & Navigation  Company,  a cor- 
poration. 

The  Seattle  & Montana  Railway  Company,  a cor- 
poration; 

The  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  & Manitoba  Railway  Com- 
pany, a corporation; 

N.  The  Washington  Central  Railway  Company,  a cor- 
^ poration  ; 


The  Columbia  & Palouse  Railroad  Company,  a cor- 
poration. 

The  Walla  Walla  & Columbia  River  Railroad  Com- 
pany, a corporation;  and 

The  Snake  River  Valley  Railroad  Company,  a cor- 
poration, 


Defendants. 


J 


FINDINGS 
OF  FACT. 


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THIS  CAUSE  coming  on  regularly  to  be  heard  before  the  RAIL- 
ROAD COMMISSION  OF  WASHINGTON,  after  notice  duly  given 
to  the  defendants  above  named  and  each  of  them,  upon  the  complaint 
filed  herein,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  facts  provided  for 
in  section  5,  chapter  226  of  the  session  laws  of  Washington  for  the 
year  1907;  to-wit:  The  facts  bearing  upon  the  cost  and  value  of 
the  railroad  property  of  the  representative  railroads  in  the  state, 
as  more  fully  appears  by  said  complaint;  the  Commission  appearing 
by  all  the  Commissioners  and  by  A.  J.  Falknor,  Assistant  Attorney 
General,  as  counsel  for  the  Commission;  the  Northern  Pacific  Rail- 
way Company  appearing  by  B.  S.  Grosscup,  its  attorney;  the  Great 
Northern  Railway  Company  appearing  by  M.  J.  Gordon,  its  attorney; 
the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  » appearing  by  A.  C. 
Spencer,  its  attorney;  the  Tacoma  Eastern  Railway  Company  ap- 
pearing by  E.  M.  Hayden,  its  attorney;  the  Bellingham  Bay  & British 
Columbia  Railroad  Company  appearing  by  C.  W.  Howard,  its  attorney; 
the  Spokane  Falls  & Northern  Railway  Company  appearing  by 
M.  J.  Gordon,  its  attorney;  the  Port  Townsend  Southern  Railroad 
Company  appearing  by  B.  S.  Grosscup,  its  attorney;  the  Washington 
& Columbia  River  Railway  Company  appearing  by  B.  S.  Grosscup, 
its  attorney;  the  Columbia  & Northern  Railway  Company  appearing 
by  M.  J.  Gordon,  its  attorney;  the  Columbia  & Red  Mountain  Railway 
Company  appearing  by  M.  J.  Gordon,  its  attorney;  the  Washington  & 
Great  Northern  Railway  Company  by  M.  J.  Gordon,  its  attorney;  the 
Washington,  Idaho  & Montana  Railway  Company  appearing  by  M.  J. 
Gordon,  its  attorney;  the  Columbia  & Puget  Sound  Railroad  Company 
appearing  by  W .B.  Stratton,  its  attorney;  the  North  Yakima  & Valley 
Railway  Company  appearing  by  Ira  P.  Englehart,  its  attorney;  the  II- 
waco  Railway  & Navigation  Company  appearing  by  A.  C.  Spencer,  its 
attorney;  the  Seattle  & Montana  Railway  Company  appearing  by  M.  J. 
Gordon,  its  attorney;  the  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  & Manitoba  Railway 
Company  appearing  by  M .J.  Gordon,  its  attorney;  the  Washington 
Central  Railway  Company  appearing  by  B.  S.  Grosscup,  its  attorney; 
the  Columbia  & Palouse  Railway  Company  appearing  by  A.  C.  Spencer, 
its  attorney;  the  Walla  Walla  & Columbia  River  Railroad  Company 
appearing  by  A.  C.  Spencer,  its  attorney;  the  Snake  River  Valley 
Railroad  Company  appearing  by  A.  C.  Spencer,  its  attorney;  all  parties 
having  announced  themselves  ready  for  trial,  the  evidence  having  been 
from  time  to  time  introduced  on  behalf  of  the  complainant,  the 
Railroad  Commission  of  Washington;  and  evidence  having  been 
introduced  by  and  on  behalf  of  each  of  the  respective  railroads  as 
to  the  cost  of  construction,  reproduction  and  present  value,  volume 
of  traffic  passing  over  the  line,  and  the  cause  having  been  duly  argued 
and  submitted  to  the  Commission  concerning  the  cost  of  construction, 
reproduction  and  present  value,  and  it  being  expressely  stipulated  by 
and  between  the  respective  parties  hereto  that  the  Commission  should 
make  and  render  its  findings  of  fact  upon  the  cost  of  construction. 


FINDINGS  APPLICABLE  TO  O.  R.  & N.  CO. 


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the  cost  of  reproduction  and  the  physical  values  of  the  properties 
of  said  railroad  companies,  and  each  of  them,  before  attempting  to 
divide  the  value  of  the  use  to  which  the^  respective  properties  were 
severally  put  in  the  conduct  of  intrastate  and  interstate  business 
respectively,  and  it  being  expressely  stipulated  by  and  between  the 
parties  hereto,  that  the  cause  is  continued  for  the  taking  of  further 
testimony  as  to  the  value  of  the  use  to  which  said  several  properties 
are  put  in  the  conduct  of  intrastate  and  interstate  business,  respec- 
tively, and  the  Commission  being  fully  advised  in  the  premises  does 
now  make  and  render  upon  the  questions  so  submitted,  the  following 
findings  of  fact: 

FINDINGS  OF  FACT  APPLICABLE  TO  THE  OREGON  RAILROAD 
& NAVIGATION  COMPANY. 

Finding  No.  1. 

That  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  is  a corporation 
organized  and  existing  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  state 
of  Oregon  and  is  the  owner  and  is  engaged  in  operating  a line  or 
lines  of  railroad  extending  through  Oregon,  Washington  and  into 
Idaho  and  is  engaged  as  a common  carrier  in  the  carriage  of  freight 
and  passengers  for  hire.  That  said  road  owns  and  operates  882.34 
miles,  262.21  miles  of  which  is  within  the  state  of  Washington.  That 
in  addition  thereto  the  said  road  operates  the  Columbia  & Palouse 
Railroad,  having  a mileage  of  144.80  miles,  142.44  miles  of  which  is 
within  the  state  of  Washington;  the  Walla  Walla  & Columbia  River 
Railroad,  having  a mileage  of  35.52  miles,  3Q.18  miles  of  which  is 
within  the  state  of  Washington;  the  Snake  River  Valley  Railroad, 
with  a mileage  of  65.85  miles,  all  of  which  is  within  the  state  of 
Washington;  the  Columbia  & Southern  Railroad  Company,  with  a 
mileage  of  69.46  miles,  and  the  Columbia  River  & Oregon  Central 
Railroad  Company,  with  a mileage  of  45.31  miles — no  portion  of  said 
last  two  mentioned  lines  being  within  the  state  of  Washington. 

The  said  railway  company,  in  conjunction  with  the  Northern  Pa- 
cific Railway  Company,  operate  the  Northern  Pacific  Terminal  Com- 
pany under  lease,  having  a mileage  of  2.54  miles,  none  of  which  is  in 
the  state  of  Washington. 

Making  a total  mileage  operated  by  said  road  of  1,245.82  miles, 
500.68  miles  of  which  is  within  the  state  of  Washington.  That  the 
main  line  of  said  road  within  the  state  of  Washington  extends  from 
the  Oregon-Washington  boundary  line  near  the  Columbia  river  north- 
erly to  Spokane,  with  numerous  branch  lines  connected  therewith, 
some  of  which  branch  lines  extend  into  the  state  of  Idaho,  and  the 
main  line  of  the  said  O.  R.  & N.  Co.  extends  from  a point  near  the 
Washington-Oregon  boundary  westerly  to  Portland,  Oregon,  and  east- 
erly to  Huntington,  Oregon. 

That  in  the  year  1893  the  lines  of  the  Oregon  Railway  & Naviga- 
tion Company  defaulted  in  the  payment  of  their  fixed  charges  and 
a receiver  for  the  said  lines  was  appointed  and  the  said  lines  re- 
mained in  the  hands  of  a receiver  until  August  17,  1896,  when  said 
corporation  was  reorganized  under  the  name  of  the  Oregon  Railroad 


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& Navigation  Company,  the  holders  of  the  outstanding  bonds  sur- 
rendering the  same  and  accepting  in  lieu  mortgage  bonds  of  the 
reorganized  company,  and  said  property  was  purchased  at  foreclosure 
sale  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company. 

That  a more  detailed  statement  of  the  capitalization  of  said  com- 
pany is  hereinafter  set  out. 

No.  2. 

That  that  portion  of  the  main  track  and  main  line  of  the  Oregon 
Railroad  & Navigation  Company  extending  from  the  Oregon-Wash- 
ington  boundary,  near  the  Columbia  river  to  Wallula,  and  consisting 
of  6.1  miles,  was  constructed  by  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation 
Company  about  the  year  1881;  that  in  the  construction  of  said  line, 
in  its  present  condition,  exclusive  of  the  sums  chargeable  to  better- 
ments and  improvements,  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation  Com- 
pany expended  the  sum  of  $190,928.39,  and  that  there  has  been  charged 
to  betterments  and  improvements  on  said  line  the  sum  of  $18,605.07, 
making  a total  expenditure  on  said  portion  of  said  line  as  shown  by 
the  records  and  books  of  said  company,  amounting  to  the  sum  of 
$209,533.46.  That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  of  said  road  in 
its  present  condition  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  48,562  cubic 
yards  of  earth  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  31,105  cubic  yards 
of  solid  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  and  of  the  quantities 
above  mentioned  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  an  equivalent  25,240 
cubic  yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of  the  300  feet  free  haul 
allowance. 

It  would  be  necessary  to  place  1,838  cubic  yards  of  riprap. 

That  to  produce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  of  said  line 
it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  64  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridges, 
and  steel  truss  bridge  No.  221,  as  now  existing  across  the  Walla  Walla 
river,  said  bridge  being  a through  Pratt  truss,  175  feet  in  length, 
containing  two  concrete  abuttments  necessitating  an  excavation  above 
water  of  239.5  cubic  yards,  of  43.4  cubic  yards  below  water,  the 
placing  of  3.56  cubic  yards  of  cut  stone  and  282.5  cubic  yards  of 
concrete  masonry  requiring  418,542  pounds  of  steel  and  178  lineal 
feet  of  floor  system,  759  feet  board  measure  of  lumber  in  wooden 
boxes,  30  cubic  yards  of  stone  masonry  in  culverts,  60  feet  of  24-inch 
cast-iron  pipe.  That  subsequent  to  the  construction  there  has  been 
6,231  cubic  yards  of  earth  used  in  filling  bridges  and  trestles,  which 
is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  mentioned  above;  that  to 
reproduce  said  lines  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  24,003  ties;  917.10 
tons  of  steel  rails,  the  same  requiring  116,936  pounds  of  rail  splices; 
12,295  pounds  of  bolts,  51,528  pounds  of  spikes,  13,710  light  tee  plates, 
1,520  rail  braces  and  1,100  pounds  of  nut  locks.  Tnat  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  the  cost  of  reroduction  it  is  estimated  that  to  reproduce 
new  the  frogs  and  switches  on  the  line  would  cost  in  place  the  sum 
of  $2,312.  That  to  reproduce  the  ballast  on  the  said  lines  it  would 
be  necessary  to  ballast  with  earth  6.1  miles,  which  for  the  purpose 
of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $600 
per  mile. 


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That  to  reproduce  the  line  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  8.34  miles 
of  track,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  repro- 
duction is  estimated  to  cost  $700  per  mile. 

That  In  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line  it  would  be  necessary  to 
place  tie  plates  thereon,  the  labor  for  which  is  estimated  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction,  to  cost  the  sum 
of  $205. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line 
in  its  present  condition  to  construct  12  miles  of  barbed  wire  fence. 
That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  the  line  would 
cost,  at  present  prices,  to  reproduce  the  same  new,  the  sum  of 
$431.24.  That  the  interest  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation 
Company  in  the  telegraph  lines  along  the  said  line  would  cost  to 
reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $184.46. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  the  said  line  consist  of  a standard 
two-story  station  building  at  Wallula  containing  8,861  square  feet 
floor  area,  and  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduc- 
tion the  furniture  and  fixtures  therein  are  estimated  to  cost  the  sum 
of  $310. 

No.  3. 

That  that  portion  of  the  main  track  and  main  line  of  the  Oregon 
Railroad  & Navigation  Company  extending  from  Wallula  to  Grange 
City,  and  being  65.9  miles  in  length,  was  constructed  by  the  Snake 
River  Valley  Railroad  Company  about  the  year  1899,  said  Snake 
River  Valley  Railroad  Company  being  a corporation  organized  and 
existing  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Oregon, 
having  a capital  stock  of  10,000  shares  of  the  par  value  of  $100  per 
share,  making  a total  capitalization  of  $1,000,000,  of  which  $750,000 
worth  has  been  issued  and  is  now  owned  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & 
Navigation  Company;  that  said  Snake  River  Valley  Railroad  Com- 
pany was  a subsidiary  company  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation 
Company;  that  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  advanced 
from  its  treasury  the  funds  necessary  to  construct  the  said  line. 
Since  the  same  was  constructed  said  line  has  been  operated  by  the 
Oregon  Railroad  <fc  Navigation  Company;  that  the  total  amount  ex- 
pended by  the  Snake  River  Valley  Railroad  Company  and  the  Oregon 
Railroad  & Navigation  Company  in  the  construction  of  said  lines, 
and  for  betterments  and  improvements,  down  to  the  30th  day  of 
June,  1907,  was  the  sum  of  $1,819,881.63;  that  on  the  15th  day  of 
June,  1907,  the  said  railroad  company  authorized  an  issue  of  $2,000,000 
worth  of  bonds,  $1,500,000  of  which  bonds  were  issued  and  delivered 
to  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company,  which  now  own  said 
bonds. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  said  road,  in  its  present 
condition,  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  1,814,849  cubic  yards  of 
earth  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  60,063  cubic  yards  of  loose 
rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  395,100  cubic  yards  of  solid 
rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  376,308  cubic  yards  of 


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cemented  gravel  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  214,408  cubic 
yards  of  shell  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  182,994 
cubic  yards  of  solid  rock  borrow  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet, 
and  of  the  quantities  above  mentioned  it  would  be  necessary  to  move 
an  equivalent  of  1,550,586  cubic  yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excesi 
of  the  said  300-foot . free  haul  allowance.  It  would  be  necessary  to 
place  108,450  cubic  yards  of  riprap,  requiring  1,226  cubic  yards  of  earth 
excavation.  That  along  said  line  there  is  now  12,804  lineal  feet  of 
sidetrack,  the  grading  for  which  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quanti- 
ties above  mentioned,  which  grading  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  at  a cost  of  40  cents  per  lineal 
foot;  that  to  reproduce  the  line  in  its  present  condition  it  would  be 
necessary  to  construct  1,993  lineal  feet  of  timber-lined  tunnels,  re- 
quiring 1,993  lineal  feet  of  tunnel  excavation,  5,413  cubic  yards  of 
tunnel  enlargements,  728,090  feet  board  measure  of  timber,  and  12,549 
pounds  of  iron. 

That  to  reproduce  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  said  line  it 
would  be  necessary  to  construct  1,241  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridges  and 
172  lineal  feet  of  frame  trestles,  one  pony  Howe  truss  bridge  42 
feet  long,  836,525  feet  board  measure  timber  in  culverts  and  wooden 
boxes,  and  24  feet  of  36-inch  cast-iron  pipe;  that  to  reproduce  said 
line,  including  side  tracks,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  212,455  ties, 
8,350.84  tons  of  steel  rails,  such  steel  rails  requiring  1,164,009  pounds  of 
splices,  113,101  pounds  of  bolts,  458,412  pounds  of  spikes,  4,420  rail 
braces,  142,370  light  tie  plates,  and  11,920  pounds  of  nut  locks,  and 
frogs  and  switches,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost 
of  reproduction  are  estimated  at  a cost  of  $5,440,  in  place.  That  to 
reproduce  the  ballast  on  said  line  it  would  be  necessary  to  ballast 
with  earth  65.87  miles,  which  for  the  purpose  of  reproduction  is  esti- 
mated to  cost  $600  per  mile.  That  to  reproduce  the  line  in  its  present 
condition  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  72.39  miles  of  track,  which 
for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  at 
$700  per  mile.  That  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line  it  would  be  neces- 
sary to  lay  tie  plates,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  cost  of  re- 
production, the  labor  therefor  is  estimated  at  $2,136. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line  in  its 
present  condition  to  construct  115  miles  of  barbed  wire  fence,  and 
3 miles  of  sand  fence. 

That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  the  line  would 
cost  at  the  present  prices  to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $1,811. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line  in  its  present  condition  it 
would  be  necessary  to  install  two  train  order  signals,  which  for  the 
purpose  of  reproduction  are  estimated  to  cost,  in  place,  $225  each. 

That  the  interests  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company 
in  the  telegraph  line  along  said  line  would  cost  to  reproduce  new 
the  sum  of  $1,988.61. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  said  lines  consist  of  1,320  square 
feet  floor  area  of  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company’s  standard 


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one-story  frame  station  building.  That  the  fiixtures  for  said  station 
buildings  for  the  purpose  of  reproduction  are  estimated  to  cost  $68. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line  it  would  be  necessary  to 
construct  water  stations,  which  for  the  purpose  of  estimating  the 
cost  of  reproduction  are  estimated  to  cost  new  $7,231.75. 

That  the  miscellaneous  structures  along  said  line  consist  of  6,071 
square  feet  of  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  White  section  houses, 
3,035  square  feet  floor  area  of  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company’s 
standard  Chinese  section  houses,  5,608  square  feet  floor  area  of  tool, 
coal  and  miscellaneous  sheds,  697  square  feet  of  water  closets,  896 
square  feet  of  oil,  sand  and  pump  houses,  8,200  square  feet  of  miscel- 
laneous platforms,  4,112  square  feet  of  ice  houses,  3 mail  cranes, 
420  lineal  feet  of  track  sheds  and  60  water  barrels. 

No.  4. 

That  that  part  of  the  main  line  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navi- 
gation Company  in  Washington  extending  from  Riparia  to  La  Crosse 
was  constructed  by  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation  Company,  the 
grading  thereof  being  largely  completed  about  the  year  1883,  such 
grading  was  abandoned  and  thereafter,  about  the  year  1888,  the  said 
line  was  completed  at  a total  cost  down  to  the  first  day  of  June, 
1907,  including  improvements  and  betterments,  of  $931,261.50. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  said  line  in  its  present 
condition  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  340,876  cubic  yards  of  earth 
a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  6,557  cubic  yards  of  loose  rock 
a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  12,584  cubic  yards  of  solid  rock 
a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  26,047  cubic  yards  cemented  gravel 
a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  2,000  cubic  yards  of  boulder 
gravel  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  and  of  the  quantities 
above  mentioned  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  an  equivalent  of 
362,017  cubic  yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of  said  300  feet 
free  haul  allowance. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  to  place  13,791  cubic  yards  of  riprap. 

That  along  said  line  there  is  now  7,663  lineal  feet  of  side  track, 
the  grading  for  which  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  above 

mentioned,  the  grading  of  which  side  tracks,  for  the  purpose  of 

ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  at  a cost  of  40 
cents  per  lineal  foot. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line  in  its  present  condition,  in 

addition  to  the  grading  quantities  above  set  forth,  it  would  be  neces- 

sary to  move  and  place  for  the  purpose  of  bank  widening  70,061 
cubic  yards  of  earth. 

That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  said  line 
it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  224  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridges, 
1,623  lineal  feet  of  frame  trestle  and  450  lineal  feet  of  combination 
pile  and  frame  bridges;  bridge  A-0  crossing  the  Snake  river  being 
a through  Pratt  truss  draw  bridge,  consisting  of  two  325  feet  through 


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Pratt  trusses,  and  one  352-foot  draw  span,  2 concrete  abutments,  and 
3 concrete  piers,  it  being  necessary  to  excavate  above  water  1,210 
cubic  yards,  to  excavate  below  water  2,880  cubic  yards,  to  place 
3,503.13  cubic  yards  of  concrete  masonry,  to  place  2,539.62  cubic  yards 
of  cut  stone,  to  place  in  superstructure  2,111,723  pounds  of  steel,  to 
place  in  superstructure  3,335  pounds  of  cast  iron;  it  would  require 
for  the  caissons  706,630  feet  board  measure  of  timber,  114,986  pounds 
of  iron,  70,063  pounds  of  steel  cutting  edges;  it  would  require  75,000 
pounds  of  equipments  for  the  draw  center  16,891  lineal  feet  of  piling 
under  piers,  1,009  lineal  feet  of  floor  system,  75,000  lbs.  draw  center 
equipment,  and  that  it  would  cost  for  channeling,  filling,  ripraping  and 
placing  rock  in  crib  $14,070,  the  above  unit  not  including  any  ma- 
terial for  false  work,  said  bridge  being  constructed  at  an  actual 
cost  of  $359,117.78;  bridge  A-10  consists  of  a 20-foot  I beam  with  2 
concerte  abutments,  the  construction  of  same  requiring  214  cubic  yards 
excavation  above  water,  99.8  cubic  yards  concrete  masonry,  1.66  cubic 
yards  cut  stone,  11,733  pounds  steel  and  23  lineal  feet  floor  system; 
bridge  A-13  being  a 50-foot  deck  plate  girder,  with  2 concrete  abut- 
ments requiring  an  excavation  above  water  of  2,076  cubic  yards,  an 
excavation  below  water  of  566  cubic  yards,  the  placing  of  2,491.98 
cubic  yards  of  concrete  masonry  and  1.66  cubic  yards  of  cut  stone, 
and  42,169  pounds  of  steel,  and  52  lineal  feet  of  floor  system,  the 
said  bridge  for  the  purpose  of  reproduction  being  estimated  at  a 
cost  of  $27,028.50;  bridge  A-5  being  a 65-foot  I plate  girder  with  con- 
crete abutments,  the  construction  of  same  requiring  320  cubic  yards 
excavation  above  water,  228.26  cubic  yards  concrete  masonry,  1.66 
yards  cut  stone,  104,605  pounds  steel,  and  68  lineal  feet  of  floor  system; 
bridge  A-16  being  a 65-foot  deck  plate  girder,  with  2 concrete  abut- 
ments requiring  550  cubic  yards  of  excavation  above  water,  650 
cubic  yards  of  excavation  below  water,  1,392.2  cubic  yards  of  concrete 
masonry,  1.66  cubic  yards  of  cut  stone,  65,200  pounds  of  steel,  67 
lineal  feet  of  floor  system,  said  bridge  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $17,620.90;  28.168  feet 
board  measure  timber  in  culverts  and  wooden  boxes,  48  feet  of  12- 
inch  cast  iron  pipe,  72  feet  of  16-inch  cast  iron  pipe,  534  feet  of 
18-inch  cast  iron  pipe,  234  feet  of  20-inch  cast  iron  pipe,  1,044  feet 
of  24-inch  cast  iron  pipe,  72  feet  of  30-inch  cast  iron  pipe,  54  feet  of 
36-inch  cast  iron  pipe,  290  feet  of  12-inch  vitrified  pipe,  296  feet  of 
15-inch  vitrified  pipe,  36  feet  of  12-inch  corrguated  steel  pipe,  114 
feet  of  18-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe,  and  42  feet  of  24-inch  corrugated 
steel  pipe,  and  a concrete  arch  culvert  requiring  100  cubic  yards 
excavation,  140  cubic  yards  concrete  and  16  cubic  yards  of  paving. 
That  subsequent  to  the  construction  there  has  been  984.92  yards  of 
earth  moved  and  used  in  filling  bridges  and  trestles,  which  are  not 
included  in  tne  grading  quantities  above  mentioned. 

That  to  reproduce  said  line,  including  side  tracks,  it  would  be 
necessary  to  lay  88,582  ties. 

That  to  reproduce  said  line,  including  side  tracks,  it  would  be 


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necessary  to  lay  3,635.74  tons  of  steel  rails;  tne  said  steel  rails  re- 
quiring 527,123  pounds  of  splices,  46,134  pounds  of  bolts,  190,565  pounds 
of  spikes,  61,460  light  tie  plates,  4,184  rail  braces,  and  4,720  pounds 
of  nut  locks,  and  frogs  and  switches,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascer- 
taining the  cost  of  reproduction  are  estimated  at  a cost  of  $5,818,  in 
place. 

That  to  reproduce  the  ballast  on  said  line  it  would  be  necessary 
to  ballast  with  earth  24.4  miles,  which  for  the  purpose  of  reproducing 
is  estimated  to  cost  $600  per  mile.  That  to  reproduce  the  line  it 
would  be  necessary  to  lay  30.55  miles  of  track,  which  for  the  pur- 
pose of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost 
$700  per  mile. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line  it  would  be  necessary 
to  lay  tie  plates,  which  for  the  purpose  of  reproduction  the  labor 
therefor  is  estimated  at  $922.  That  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line 
it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  46  miles  of  barbed  wire  fence. 

That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards,  and  sign  posts  along  the  line 
wrould  cost  at  the  present  prices  to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $939.50. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line,  in  its  present  condition 
it  would  be  necessary  to  install  one  train  order  signal,  which  for  the 
purpose  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $225. 

That  the  interests  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company 
in  the  telegraph  lines  along  the  said  line  would  cost  to  reproduce 
new  the  sum  of  $736.51. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  said  line  consist  of  1,540  square 
feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  two-story  frame  station,  192 
square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  one-story' frame  station, 
and  4,173  square  feet  of  station  platform,  and  the  furniture  and  fix- 
tures in  said  station  for  the  purpose  of  reproduction  is  estimated 
to  cost  new  the  sum  of  $429. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line  in  its  present  condition, 
it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  water  stations  alon  said  line,  which 
water  stations,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduc- 
tion, are  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $6,838. 

That  the  storage  warehouses  along  said  line  consist  of  5,000  square 
feet  of  floor  area.  That  the  miscellaneous  structures  along  said  line 
consist  of  2,270  square  feet  of  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  White 
section  houses,  1,342  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard 
Chinese  section  houses,  684  square  feet  floor  area  of  offices  and  dwell- 
ings, 576  square  feet  floor  area  of  tool,  coal  and  miscellaneous  sheds, 
538  square  feet  of  water  closets,  308  square  feet  of  oil,  sand  and  pump 
houses,  4,000  square  feet  of  miscellaneous  platforms,  8,704  square  feet 
of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  stock  yards,  4 mail  cranes,  and  91  water 
barrels. 

No.  5. 

That  that  portion  of  the  main  line  track  of  the  Oregon  Railroad 
& Navigation  Company  extending  from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax,  a dis- 


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tance  of  35.64  miles,  and  that  portion  of  the  branch  line  extending 
from  La  Crosse  to  Connell,  and  being  53.12  miles  in  length,  con- 
structed by  the  Columbia  & Palouse  Railroad  Company  about  the  year 
1884,  said  Columbia  & Palouse  Railroad  Company  being  a corporation 
having  a capital  stock  of  $1,000,000  and  having  issued  bonds  of  the 
amount  of  $2,829,000,  said  company  constructing  the  line  as  herein- 
after set  out. 

That  the  total  cost  down  to  June  30,  1907,  for  constructing  this 
.said  line  from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax  and  from  La  Crosse  to  Connell 
was  the  sum  $1,549,898.22,  including  betterments  and  improvements. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  said  main  line  from 
La  Crosse  to  Colfax  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  331,429  cubic 
yards  of  earth  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  1,558  cubic  yards 
of  loose  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  10,771  cubic  yards 
of  solid  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  and  of  the  quanti- 
ties above  mentioned  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  an  equivalent 
of  343,758  cubic  yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of  the  said 
300  feet  free  haul  allowance,  it  would  be  necessary  to  place  74  cubic 
yards  of  riprap. 

That  along  said  line  from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax  there  is  now  14,208 
lineal  feet  of  side  track,  the  grading  of  which  is  not  included  in  the 
grading  quantities  above  mentioned,  the  grading  of  which  side  tracks 
for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  estimated  at 
a cost  of  40  cents  per  lineal  foot. 

That  since  the  construction  of  said  road  between  La  Crosse  and 
Colfax  the  banks  have  been  widened  and  there  has  been  moved  and 
placed  68,966  cubic  yards  of  material,  which  is  not  included  in  the 
grading  quantities  above  mentioned. 

That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  said  main 
line  from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax  it  would  be  necessary  to  construct 
1,531  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridges  and  208  lineal  feet  frame  trestles, 
17,936  feet  board  measure  timber  in  culverts  and  wooden  boxes,  270 
feet  of  18-inch  cast  iron  pipe,  108  feet  of  20-inch  cast  iron  pipe,  636 
feet  of  24-inch  cast  iron  pipe,  90  feet  of  36-inch  cast  iron  pipe,  30  feet 
of  10-inch  vitrified  pipe,  44  feet  of  14-inch  vitrified  pipe,  72  feet  of  12- 
inch  corrugated  steel  pipe,  132  feet  of  18-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe, 
and  93,639  cubic  yards  of  material  moved  and  used  in  filling  bridges 
and  trestles,  the  same  not  being  included  in  the  grading  quantities 
as  shown  above. 

That  to  reproduce  the  said  line  from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax  including 
the  side  tracks  along  the  same  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  118,317 
ties. 

That  to  reproduce  the  said  line  from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax,  includ- 
ing side  tracks,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  4,245.31  tons  of  steel 
rails,  the  same  requiring  648,964  lbs.,  of  splices,  56,750  lbs.  of  bolts, 
254,924  lbs.  of  spikes,  39,600  heavy  tie  plates,  2,360  light  tie  plates, 
16,446  rail  braces  and  5,400  lbs.  of  nut  locks,  and  frogs  and  switches 


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which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  are 
estimated  to  cost  $4,219.00,  in  place. 

That  to  reproduce  ballast  on  the  said  line  from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax 
it  would  be  necessary  to  ballast  with  earth  6.72  miles,  which  for  the 
purpose  of  reproduction  it  is  estmated  to  cost  $600  per  mile.  And 
to  ballast  with  gravel  28.92  miles,  which  for  the  purpose  of  reproduc- 
tion is  estimated  to  cost  $1,100  per  mile: 

That  to  reproduce  the  line  from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax  it  would 
be  necessary  to  lay  40.43  miles  of  tracks,  which  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $700  per  mile. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line  from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax, 
in  its  present  condition  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  tie  plates,  which 
for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  the  labor 
therefor  is  estimated  to  cost  $529. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line  from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax,  in 
its  present  condition,  it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  67.5  miles 
of  barbed  wire  fence. 

That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  the  said  line 
from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax  would  cost,  at  present  prices,  to  reproduce 
new  the  sum  of  $981.25. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line  from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax  it 
would  be  necessary  to  install  2 train  order  signals  at  a cost  of  $235 
each,  and  one  block  signal. 

That  the  interests  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  and  Navigation  Company 
in  the  telegraph  lines  along  said  line  from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax  would 
cost  to  reproduce  the  same  new  the  sum  of  $1,070.94. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  the  said  line  from  La  Crosse  to 
Colfax  consist  of  6,402  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard 
one  story  frame  station;  12,746  square  feet  of  station  platform,  and 
the  fixtures  in  said  station  buildings  are  for  the  purpose  of  ascer- 
taining the  cost  of  reproduction  estimated  to  cost  new  the  sum  of 
$1,334.00. 

That  along  said  line  there  is  one  60-foot  steel  turn  table,  esti- 
mated to  cost  new  the  sum  of  $3,000. 

That  there  are  along  said  line  from  La  Crosse  to  Colfax  water 
stations,  which  to  reproduce  new  would  cost  the  sum  of  $5,339.00. 

That  the  storage  warehouses  along  said  line  from  La  Crosse  to 
Colfax,  consist  of  1,248  square  feet  of  floor  area. 

That  the  miscellaneous  structures  along  said  line  from  La  Crosse 
to  Colfax  consist  of  4,451  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard 
White  section  houses,  3,229  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard 
Chinese  section  houses;  3,420  square  feet  floor  area  of  freight  sheds; 
572  square  feet  floor  area  of  offices  and  dwellings;  2,224  square  feet 
floor  area  of  tool,  coal  and  miscellaneous  sheds;  1,618  square  feet 
floor  area  of  water  closets;  1,245  square  feet  floor  area  of  oil,  sand 
and  pump  houses;  2,951  square  feet  of  miscellaneous  platforms;  640 
square  feet  floor  area  of  ice  houses,  and  37,880  square  feet  of  O.  R. 
& N.  standard  stock  yards;  one  set  of  50-ton  track  scales;  one  mail 


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crane  and  50  water  barrels,  and  fire  protections  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of 
$520;  and  2 sets  of  stock  scales,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  cost  of  reproduction  are  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $414  each. 


That  that  portion  of  the  main  line  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  and 
Navigation  Company  operated  in  Washington,  extending  from  Colfax 
to  Farmington,  a distance  of  27.5  miles  was  constructed  by  the  Colum- 
bia and  Palouse  Railroad  Company  on  or  about  the  year  1886. 

That  said  line  from  Colfax  to  Farmington  cost  to  construct,  includ- 
ing betterments  and  improvements  down  to  the  30th  day  of  June,  1907, 
the  sum  of  $447,255.24. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  said  portion  of  said 
road,  in  its  present  condition  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  317,450 
cubic  yards  of  earth  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  49,664  cubic 
yards  of  loose  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  12,068  cubic 
yards  of  solid  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  and  of  the 
quantities  above  mentioned  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  an  equiva- 
lent of  391,903  cubic  yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of  the 
300  feet  free  overhaul  allowance,  it  would  be  necessary  to  place  8,876 
cubic  yards  of  riprap  it  would  be  necessary  to  clear  52.2  acres,  which 
for  the  purpose  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $50  per  acre, 
and  it  would  be  necessary  to  grub  69.75  station,  which  for  the  pur- 
pose of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $15  per  station. 

That  along  said  line  there  is  now  706  lineal  feet  of  side  track, 
the  grading  for  which  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  above 
mentioned,  and  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduc- 
tion the  grading  on  said  track  is  estimated  at  a cost  of  $.40  per  lineal 
foot. 

That  since  the  construction  of  said  road  the  banks  or  grade  has 
been  widened  necessitating  the  placing  of  49,261  cubic  yards  of  ma- 
terial, which  material  has  not  been  included  in  the  grading  quantities 
above  mentioned,  and  in  order  to  reproduce  the  same  in  its  present 
condition  such  quantities  should  be  included. 

That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  said  por- 
tion of  said  line  it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  112  lineal  feet  of 
pile  bridge;  352  lineal  feet  of  frame  trestle;  448  lineal  feet  of  com- 
bination pile  and  frame  bridge;  and  224  lineal  feet  of  pile  approach 
steel  truss  bridge  Number  A 102,  said  bridge  being  a 125-foot  through 
Pratt  truss,  with  2 concrete  abuttments,  construction  of  same  requiring 
176  cubic  yards  of  excavation  above  water,  286  cubic  yards  of  excava- 
tion below  water;  36.4  cubic  yards  of  concrete  masonery;  3.56  cubic 
yards  of  cut  stone,  and  170,414  pounds  of  steel,  with  128  lineal  feet 
of  floor  system;  steel  truss  bridge  A-89,  said  bridge  being  a 150-foot 
through  Pratt  truss,  with  2 concrete  abutments,  construction  of  same 
requiring  325  cubic  yards  excavation  above  water;  317.1  cubic  yards 
excavation  below  water;  427.9  cubic  yards  concrete  masonry;  3.56 


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cubic  yards  cut  stone,  and  223,210  lbs.  of  steel,  and  153  lineal  feet 
of  floor  system. 

Bridge  A-98,  same  being  a 14-foot  steel  “I”  beam,  with  concrete 
abutments,  construction  of  same  requiring  35  cubic  yards  excavation 
above  water;  91  cubic  yards  excavation  below  water;  64.82  cubic  yards 
concrete  masonry;  1.66  cubic  yards  cut  stone;  4,750  lbs.  steel,  and 
17  lineal  feet  of  floor  system. 

Bridge  A-112,  same  being  a 14-foot  steel  “I”  beam,  with  concrete 
abutments,  the  construction  of  same  requiring  70  cubic  yards  excava- 
tion above  water;  51  cubic  yards  excavation  below  water;  67.02  cubic 
yards  concrete  masonry;  1.66  cubic  yards  cut  stone;  4,750  lbs.  steel, 
and  17  lineal  feet  floor  system. 

Bridge  A-1011/^,  same  being  a 20-foot  steel  “I”  beam,  with  concrete 
abutments,  the  construction  of  same  requiring  80  cubic  yards  excava- 
tion above  water;  87.04  cubic  yards  concrete  masonry;  11,733  lbs.  steel, 
and  23  lineal  feet  floor  system. 

Bridge  A-117%,  same  being  a 50-foot  through  plate  girder,  with 
concrete  abutments  the  construction  of  same  requiring  114  cubic  yards 
excavation  above  water;  70  cubic  yards  excavation  below  water;  97.36 
cubic  yards  concrete  masonry;  1.66  cubic  yards  cut  stone;  68,470  lbs. 
steel  and  53  lineal  feet  floor  system. 

Bridge  A-109,  same  being  a 65-foot  through  plate  girder,  with 
concrete  abutments,  the  construction  of  same  requiring  181  cubic 
yards  excavation  above  water;  149.82  cubic  yards  concrete  masonry; 
1.66  cubic  yards  cut  stone;  114,146  lbs.  steel,  and  69  lineal  feet  floor 
system. 

Bridge  A-120,  same  being  a 14-foot  steel  “I”  beam,  with  concrete 
abutments,  the  construction  of  same  requiring  122  cubic  yards  exca- 
vation above  water;  67.51  cubic  yards  concrete  masonry;  5,614  lbs. 
steel,  and  17  lineal  feet  floor  system;  28,719  feet  board  measure  tim- 
ber in  culverts;  and  wooden  boxes  60  feet  of  12-inch  cast  iron  pipe; 
72  feet  of  16-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  312  feet  of  18-inch  cast  iron  pipe; 
312  feet  of  20-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  426  feet  of  24-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  72 
feet  of  36-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  278  feet  of  6-inch  vitrified  pipe;  74 
feet  of  12-inch  vitrified  pipe;  60  feet  of  18-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe; 
120  feet  of  24-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe;  72  feet  of  36-inch  corrugated 
steel  pipe. 

That  subsequent  to  the  construction  there  has  been  10,185  cubic 
yards  of  earth  used  in  filling  bridges  and  trestles,  which  is  not  in- 
cluded in  the  grading  quantities.  That  in  order  to  reproduce  said 
portion  of  said  line,  including  the  side  tracks  it  would  be  necessary  to 
lay  87,925  ties. 

That  to  reproduce  the  said  portion  of  said  line,  including  side  tracks 
it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  2,875.16  tons  of  steel  rails,  the  rails 
requiring  390,549  lbs.  splices,  37,096  lbs.  of  bolts,  189,552  lbs.  of  spikes, 
28,838  rail  braces,  and  3,600  lbs.  of  nut  locks,  and  frogs  and  switches, 
which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  are 
estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  2,312.00  in  place. 


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That  to  reproduce  that  portion  of  said  line,  in  its  present  con- 
dition it  would  be  necessary  to  ballast  with  earth  2.4  miles,  which 
abuttments,  the  construction  of  same  requiring  80  cubic  yards  excava- 
for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated 
to  cost  the  sum  of  $600  per  mile,  and  it  would  be  necessary  to  ballast 
with  gravel  25.1  miles,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost 
of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $1,100  per  mile. 

That  to  reproduce  that  portion  of  the  line,  in  its  present  condi- 
tion it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  29.92  miles  of  track,  which  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost 
$700  per  mile. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line,  in  its 
present  condition  to  construct  50.5  miles  of  barbed  wire  fence. 

That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards,  and  signs  along  the  line  would 
cost,  at  present  price  to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $1,320.62. 

That  to  reproduce  said  portion  of  said  line  it  would  be  necessary 
to  install  3 train  order  signals,  at  an  estimated  cost  of  $225  each. 

That  the  interests  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  and  Navigation  Com- 
pany in  the  telegraph  lines  along  said  line  would- cost  to  reproduce 
the  same  new  the  sum  of  $830.22. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  said  line  consist  of  6,611  square 
feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N standard  one-story  frame  stations,  and 
9,653  square  feet  of  station  platforms,  and  the  furniture  and  fixtures 
in  said  station  buildings  for  the  purpose  of  reproduction  are  esti- 
mated to  cost  new  $876.00. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  water  stations  along  said  portion 
of  said  line  new,  it  would  cost  the  sum  of  $5,499.00. 

That  the  storage  warehouses  along  said  line  consist  of  9,800  square 
feet  floor  area  and  that  the  miscellaneous  structures  along  said  line 
of  2,244  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  White  section 
houses;  ,294  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  Chinese 
section  houses;  1,016  square  feet  floor  area  of  tool,  coal  and  mis- 
cellaneous sheds,  496  square  feet  floor  area  of  water  closets;  192 
square  feet  floor  area  of  oil,  sand  and  pump  houses;  7,000  square 
feet  of  miscellaneous  platforms;  14,904  square  feet  of  O.  R.  & N. 
standard  stock  yards;  and  48  water  barrels. 


No.  7. 

That  that  portion  of  the  main  track  and  line  of  the  Oregon  Rail- 
road and  Navigation  Company  in  Washington,  extending  from  Farm- 
ington to  Rockford,  a distance  of  33.8  miles  in  length  was  constructed 
by  the  Washington  and  Idaho  Railroad  Company,  a subsidiary  cor- 
poration of  the  Oregon  Railway  and  Navigation  Company,  in  the  year 
1888. 

That  it  cost  said  Washington  and  Idaho  Railroad  Company  to  con- 
struct said  line,  approximately  $562,086.93,  and  the  same  has  cost  the 
Washington  and  Idaho  Railroad  Company  and  the  Oregon  Railroad 
and  Navigation  Company,  exclusive  of  discount  and  equipment  and 


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interest  during  construction  down  to  the  30th  day  of  June,  1907,  the 
sum  of  $693,877.56. 

That  upon  the  completion  of  said  road  by  the  Washington  and 
Idaho  Railroad  Company  they  issued  their  mortgage  bonds  for  the 
sum  of  $30,000  per  mile,  and  transferred  the  same  to  the  Oregon  Rail- 
way and  Navigation  Company,  the  capital  stock  of  said  railroad  was 
also  delivered  to  the  Oregon  Railway  and  Navigation  Company  and 
upon  re-construction  of  said  company  the  Oregon  Railroad  and  Navi- 
gation Company  became  the  owner  of  said  lines. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  the  said  line,  in  its 
present  condition,  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  433,912  cubic  yards 
of  earth  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  395  cubic  yards  of  loose 
rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  26,973  cubic  yards  of  solid 
rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  20,452  cubic  yards  of  ce- 
mented gravel  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  and  1,784  cubic 
yards  of  shell  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  and  of  the 
quantities  above  mentioned  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  an  equiva- 
lent of  127,931  cubic  yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of  said 
300  foot  free  haul  allowance.  It  would  be  necessary  to  place  1,001 
cubic  yards  of  riprap. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  to  clear  30.86  acres,  which  for  the  pur- 
pose of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $50 
per  acre. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  to  grub  83  stations  which  for  the  pur- 
pose of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $15 
per  station. 

That  along  said  portion  of  said  line  there  is  now  7,470  lineal  feet 
of  said  track,  the  grading  for  which  side  track  is  not  included  in  the 
quantities  above  mentioned,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the 
cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  40c  per  lineal  foot. 

That  since  the  construction  of  said  road  the  grade  and  banks  have 
been  widened  necessitating  the  placing  of  49,261  cubic  yards  of  mater- 
ial, which  material  has  not  been  included  in  the  grading  quantities 
above  me'ntioned,  and  to  reproduce  said  line  the  same  should  be  in- 
cluded. That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  said 
line  it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  510  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridges, 
374  lineal  feet  frame  trestles. 

Bridge  A-175,  same  being  a 14-foot  steel  “I”  beam,  with  concrete 
abutments  the  construction  of  same  ^requiring  87  cubic  yards  exca- 
vation above  water;  44  cubic  yards  excavation  below  water;  68.33  cubic 
yards  concrete  masonry;  1.66  cubic  yards  cut  stone;  5,614  lbs.  steel, 
and  17  lineal  feet  of  floor  system. 

Bridge  A-138,  same  being  a 20-foot  steel  “I”  beam,  with  concrete 
abutments,  the  construction  of  same  requiring  14  cubic  yards  exca- 
vation above  water;  82  cubic  yards  excavation  below  water;  85.12  cubic 
yards  concrete  masonry;  1.66  cubic  yards  cut  stone;  11,636  lbs.  steel, 
and  23  lineal  feet  of  floor  system. 

Bridge  A-185,  same  being  an  80-foot  through  plate  girder,  with  con- 
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crete  abutments,  the  construction  of  same  requiring  240  cubic  yards 
excavation  above  water;  133  cubic  yards  excavation  below  water; 
418.50  cubic  yards  concrete  masonry;  266  cubic  yards  cut  stone; 
145,293  lbs.  steel,  and  83  lineal  feet  of  floor  system. 

Bridge  A-146,  same  being  an  80-foot  through  plate  girder,  with 
concrete  abutments,  the  construction  of  same  requiring  287  cubic 
yards  excavation  above  water;  178  cubic  yards  excavation  below 
water;  442.69  cubic  yards  concrete  masonry;  2.66  cubic  yards  cut 
stone;  146,157  lbs.  steel,  and  S3  lineal  feet  floor  system. 

Bridges  A-144  and  A-145,  the  same  consisting  of  two  80-foot  deck 
plate  girders,  and  4 concrete  abutments,  the  construction  of  which 
would  require  1,333  cubic  yards  of  excavation  above  water;  705  cubic 
yards  of  excavation  below  water;  1,967.14  yards  of  concrete  masonry; 
5.32  cubic  yards  of  cut  stone;  208,420  pounds  of  steel  and  164  lineal 
feet  of  floor  system;  54,804  feet  board  measure  timber  in  culverts; 
and  wooden  boxes;  156  lineal  feet  of  12-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  48  feet 
of  16-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  536  feet  of  18-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  1,580 
feet  of  20-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  2,454  feet  of  24-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  132 
feet  of  30-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  126  feet  of  36-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  48 
feet  of  18-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe;  96  feet  of  36-inch  corrugated 
steel  pipe. 

That  subsequent  to  the  construction  there  has  been  moved  and 
used  in  filling  the  bridges  105,825  cubic  yards  of  material,  which  is 
not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  showed  above,  and  which  should 
be  included  in  the  estimate  of  the  cost  of  reproduction. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  portion  of  said  line,  including 
the  side  tracks,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  117,280  ties. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  said  portion  of  said  line,  including  side 
tracks,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  4443.83  tons  of  rails,  that  said  rails 
require  828,455  pounds  of  splices,  59,148  pounds  of  bolts,  252,512  pounds 
of  spikes,  164,918  heavy  tie  plates,  7,650  rail  braces,  and  4,520  pounds 
of  nut  locks  and  frogs  and  switches,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertain- 
ing the  cost  of  reproduction  are  estimated  to  cost  $8,150.00  in  place. 

That  to  reproduce  said  portion  of  said  line,  in  its  present  condition, 
it  would  be  necessary  to  ballast  with  gravel  4.32  miles,  which  for  the 
purpose  of  reproduction,  is  estimated  to  cost  $1,100  per  mile;  and  it 
would  be  necessary  to  ballast  with  tailings  29.42  miles,  which  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction,  is  estimated  to  cost 
$1,500  per  mile.  ♦ 

That  to  reproduce  that  portion  of  said  line,  in  its  present  condition, 
it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  40.27  miles  of  track,  which  for  the  purpose 
of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction,  is  estimated  to  cost  $700 
per  mile. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line,  in  its  present  condition,  it 
would  be  necessary  to  lay  tie  plates,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  cost  of  reproduction  labor  therefor  is  estimated  to  cost  $2,474. 

That  it  would  be  necessary,  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line  in  its 
present  condition,  to  construct  60.5  miles  of  barbed  wire  fence. 


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That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards,  and  signs  along  the  line  would 
cost  at  present  prices  to  reproduce  new,  $2,205.25. 

That  to  reproduce  said  portion  of  said  line  it  would  be  necessary 
to  install  four  train  order  signals,  at  an  estimated  cost  of  $225  each. 

That  the  interests  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company 
in  the  telegraph  lines  along  the  said  line  would  cost  to  reproduce  the 
same  new  the  sum  of  $1,018.91. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  said  line  consist  of  5,469  square 
feet  of  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  two  story  station  buildings, 
1,517  square  feet  floor  area  of  O:  R.  & N.  standard  one  story  frame 
station  buildings;  15,970  square  feet  floor  area  of  station  platforms, 
and  the  fixtures  and  furniture  in  said  building  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
production are  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $1,387.00. 

That  the  shops,  round  houses  and  turn  tables  along  said  portion  of 
said  line  consist  of  5,866  square  feet  floor  area  of  frame  shops;  one 
6 stall  frame  engine  house;  one  60-foot  steel  turn  table,  which  for 
the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to 
cost  $3,000. 

That  to  reproduce  said  water  stations  along  said  line  new,  it  would 
cost  $8,288.00. 

That  to  reproduce  the  fuel  stations  along  said  portion  of  said  line 
it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  a 10-pocket  coal  chute,  which  for 
the  purpose  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $8,000.00. 

That  the  miscellaneous  structures  along  said  line  consist  of  3,715 
square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  White  section  houses, 
2,134  square  feet  Chinese  section  houses;  1,450  square  feet  of  freight 
sheds;  1,528  square  feet  of  offices  and  dwellings;  2,784  square  feet  of 
tool,  coal  and  miscellaneous  sheds;  615  square  feet  of  water  closets; 
9o2  square  feet  floor  area  of  oil,  sand  and  pump  houses;  12,000  square 
feet  of  miscellaneous  platforms;  912  square  feet  floor  area  of  ice 
houses;  13,136  square  feet  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  stock  yards;  one 
set  of  80-ton  track  scales;  1 mail  crane,  and  43  water  barrels  and 
fire  protection,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  re- 
production is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $520. 


No.  8. 

That  that  portion  of  the  main  line  and  track  of  the  Oregon  Railroad 
& Navigation  Company  extending  from  Rockford  to  Spokane,  a dis- 
tance of  26.9  miles  in  length,  was  constructed  by  the  Washington  & 
Idaho  Railroad  Company  about  the  year  1889. 

That  said  road  cost  the  said  Washington  & Idaho  Railroad  Company 
to  construct  the  same  approximately  the  sum  of  $629,215.95,  and  the 
said  portion  of  said  line,  including  betterments  and  improvements, 
has  cost  in  cash  down  to  the  30th  day  of  June,  1907,  the  sum  of 
$871,339.50. 

That  immediately  after  the  completion  of  said  portion  of  said  line, 
and  about  the  year  1889,  the  said  Washington  & Idaho  Railroad  Com- 
pany issued  its  mortgage  bonds  against  said  portion  of  said  line  for 


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the  sum  of  $30,000  per  mile,  and  delivered  the  same  to  the  Oregon 
Railway  & Navigation  Company.  The  said  portion  of  said  line  was 
constructed  with  funds  furnished  the  Washington  & Idaho  line  by  the 
Oregon  Railway  & Navigation  Company.  The  Oregon  Railroad  & Nav- 
igation Company  now  own  said  line. 

That  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  said  portion  of  said  line,  in  its 
present  condition,  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  295,777  cubic  yards 
of  earth  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  35,709  cubic  yards  of  loose 
rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  65,347  cubic  yards  of  solid 
rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  82,171  yards  of  cement 
gravel  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  and  of  the  quantities  above 
mentioned  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  an  equivalent  of  424,148  cubic 
yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of  said  300  feet  free  haul  allow- 
ance. It  would  be  necessary  to  place  1,628  cubic  yards  of  riprap. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  to  clear  239.26  acres,  which  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction,  is  estimated  to  cost 
$50  per  acre;  it  would  be  necessary  to  grub  431  stations,  which  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost 
$15  per  station. 

That  along  said  line  there  is  now  16,077  lineal  feet  of  side  track, 
not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  above  mentioned,  which  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction,  such  grading  is  esti- 
mated to  cost  40  cents  per  lineal  foot. 

That  since  constructing  such  road  the  banks  and  grades  have  been 
widened,  necessitating  the  placing  of  38,314  cubic  yards  of  material, 
which  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  above  mentioned. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on 
said  portion  of  said  line,  it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  510  lineal 
feet  of  pile  bridges;  80  lineal  feet  of  frame  trestles;  336  lineal  feet  of 
combination  pile  and  frame  bridges;  bridge  A 206,  the  same  being 
over  the  Spokane  River,  consists  of  3 one  hundred  and  fifty-foot  truss; 
one  65-foot  deck  plate  girder;  and  one  35- foot  deck  plate  girder;  2 
concrete  abutments  and  4 concrete  piers,  the  construction  of  said 
bridge  requiring  812  cubic  yards  of  excavation  above  water;  57  cubic 
yards  of  excavation  below  water;  852.2  cubic  yards  of  concrete  mas- 
onry; 1.3  cubic  yards  of  cut  stone;  1,187,511  pounds  of  steel,  and  550 
lineal  feet  of  floor  system;  bridge  A 201,  the  same  being  a 20-foot 
I beam  with  2 concrete  abutments,  the  construction  of  same  requiring 
113  cubic  yards  excavation  above  water;  104.94  cubic  yards  concrete 

masonry;  13,286  pounds  of  steel,  and  23  lineal  feet  of  floor  system; 

58,189  feet  board  measure  timber  in  culverts  and  wooden  boxes;  462 
lineal  feet  of  18-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  192  lineal  feet  of  20-inch  cast 
iron  pipe;  1,440  lineal  feet  of  24-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  480  lineal  feet 

of  30-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  168  feet  of  36-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  72 

feet  12-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe;  46  feet  18-inch  corrugated  steel 
pipe,  and  36  feet  30-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe  and  49.5  cubic  yards 
stone  masonry  in  culverts,  concrete  arch  culverts,  the  construction 
of  same  requiring  1,052  cubic  yards  excavation  above  water;  1,193 


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cubic  yards  excavation  below  water;  3,071.48  cubic  yards  concrete 
masonry  and  11  cubic  yards  stone  paving. 

That  subsequent  to  construction  there  has  been  308,845  cubic  yards 
of  material  used  in  filling  bridges  and  trestles,  which  is  not  included 
in  the  grading  quantities  above  mentioned. 

That  to  reproduce  said  portion  of  said  line,  including  side  tracks, 
it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  90,049  ties. 

That  to  reproduce  said  portion  of  said  line  including  side  tracks, 
it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  3,534.61  tons  of  steel  rails,  the*  same 
requiring  701,437  pounds  of  splices;  47,263  pounds  of  bolts;  194,060 
pounds  of  spikes;  157,800  heavy  tie  plates;  2,782  rail  braces  and 
3,160  pounds  of  nut  locks,  and  frogs  and  switches  are  estimated  at  a 
cost  of  $4,765.00  in  place. 

That  to  reproduce  that  portion  of  said  line,  in  its  present  condition 
it  would  be  necessary  to  ballast  with  gravel  25.47  miles,  which  for 
the  purpose  of  reproduction  the  same  is  estimated  to  cost  $1,100.00  per 
mile,  and  to  ballast  with  tailing  1.25  miles,  which  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $1,500  per 
mile. 

That  to  reproduce  that  portion  of  the  line,  in  its  present  condition, 
it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  30.82  miles  of  track,  which  for  the  pur- 
pose of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  at  $700 
per  mile. 

That  to  reproduce  said  line  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  tie  plates, 
the  labor  therefor  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  repro- 
duction is  estimated  at  $2,367.00 

That  it  would  be  necessary  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line  in  its 
present  condition  to  construct  44.5  miles  of  barbed  wire  fence. 

That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  the  line  would 
cost  at  the  present  prices  to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $2,525.50. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  portion  of  said  line  it  would 
be  necessary  to  install  train  order  signals  at  a cost  of  $225,  and  1 
block  signal  at  a total  cost  of  $949.00;  and  2 interlocking  plants,  at 
a total  cost  of  $18,399.15. 

That  the  interests  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  and  Navigation  Company 
in  the  telegraph  lines  along  that  portion  of  said  line  would  cost  to 
reproduce  the  same  new  the  sum  of  $812.67. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  that  portion  of  said  line,  consist 
of  1,104  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  one-story  frame 
station;  685  square  feet  of  station  platform  and  the  furniture  and 
fixtures  for  said  station  buildings  for  the  purpose  of  reproduction  is 
estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $1,160.50. 

That  to  reproduce  the  water  stations  along  said  portion  of  said 
fine  would  cost  $3,975.00. 

That  the  miscellaneous  structures  alone:  said  line  consist  of  683 
square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  white  section  houses; 
682  square  feet  of  O.  R.  & N standard  Chinese  section  houses;  1,412 


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square  feet  floor  area  of  freight  sheds;  1,200  square  feet  floor  area 
of  offices  and  dwellings;  1,448  square  feet  floor  area  of  tool,  coal  and 
miscellaneous  sheds;  240  square  feet  of  water  closets;  1,292  square 
feet  floor  area  of  oil,  sand  and  pump  houses;  3,690  square  feet  of 
miscellaneous  platforms;  4,154  square  feet  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard 
stock  yards;  one  set  of  80-ton  track  scales,  2 mail  cranes,  and  63 
water  barrels. 

No.  9. 

That  that  portion  of  the  main  line  and  track  of  the  Oregon  Rail- 
road and  Navigation  Company  in  Washington,  extending  from  Winona 
to  Seltice  and  being  47.95  miles  in  length  was  constructed  by  the 
Oregon  Railway  Extension  Company  in  the  year  1888,  at  a total  cost 
to  said  Oregon  Railway  Extension  Company  of  $835,843.69. 

That  said  Oregon  Railway  Extension  Company  was  a subsidiary 
corporation  of  the  Oregon  Railway  and  Navigation  Company  and  con- 
structed said  line  with  funds  furnished  it  from  the  treasury  of  the 
Oregon  Railway  and  Navigation  Company. 

That  immediately  after  constructing  this  line  for  the  price  afore- 
said, the  Oregon  Railway  Extension  Company  caused  their  mortgage 
bonds  to  be  issued  against  said  property  for  the  sum  of  $22,000  per 
mile,  or  a total  of  $1,056,000,  which  bonds  it  immediately  deposited 
with  the  Oregon  Railway  and  Navigation  Company. 

That  the  Oregon  Railroad  and  Navigation  Company,  upon  re- 
organization, became  the  owner  of  the  capital  stock  and  owner  of  the 
said  line,  and  is  now  such  owner. 

That  the  total  cost  of  said  portion  of  said  line,  including  improve- 
ments and  betterments  down  to  and  including  the  30th  day  of  June, 
1907,  was  the  sum  of  $894,345.27. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  such  portion  of  said 
road  in  its  present  condition  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  866,476 
cubic  yards  of  earth  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  8,376  cubic 
yards  of  loose  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  17,674  cubic 
yards  of  solid  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  78,809  cubic 
yards  of  cemented  gravel  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  and 
of  the  quantities  above  mentioned  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  an 
equivalent  of  770,417  cubic  yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of 
said  300  feet  free  haul  allowance.  It  would  be  necessary  to  place 
6,797  cubic  yards  of  riprap;  it  would  be  necessary  to  clear  15.75  acres, 
which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  esti- 
mated to  cost  $50  per  acre;  and  it  would  be  necessary  to  grub  30 
stations,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduc- 
tion is  estimated  to  cost  $15  per  station. 

That  along  said  line  there  is  now  6,944  lineal  feet  of  side  track, 
the  grading  of  which  is  not  included  in  grading  quantities  above  men- 
tioned, which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction 
is  estimated  to  cost  40c  per  lineal  foot. 

That  since  the  original  construction  of  said  road  the  grade  and 
banks  have  been  widened  necessitating  the  placing  of  68,966  cubic 


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yards  of  material,  which  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities 
above  mentioned. 

That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  said  line 
it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  2,078  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridges, 
and  48  lineal  feet  of  frame  trestles,  and  109  lineal  feet  of  pile  approach 
bridge  number  C 3,  the  same  being  a 150-foot  through  Pratt  truss, 
with  1 concrete  abutment  and  1 concrete  pier,  the  construction  of 
said  bridge  requiring  100.15  cubic  yards  of  excavation  above  water; 
and  531  cubic  yards  of  excavation  below  water;  447.3  cubic  yards  of 
concrete  masonry;  3.56  cubic  yards  of  cut  stone;  200,045  pounds  of 
steel;  153  lineal  feet  of  floor  system;  48,883  feet  board  measure 
timber  in  culverts  and  wooden  boxes;  996  feet  of  18-inch  cast  iron 
pipe;  1,212  feet  of  20-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  2,355  feet  of  24-inch  cast  iron 
pipe;  144  feet  of  30-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  300  feet  of  36-inch  cast  iron 
pipe;  216  feet  of  18-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe;  192  feet  of  24-inch  cor- 
rugated steel  pipe;  and  48  feet  of  36-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe. 

That  since  the  construction  of  said  portion  of  said  line  there  has 
been  18,850  cubic  yards  of  material  used  in  filling  bridges  and 
trestles,  which  material  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  above 
set  out. 

That  to  reproduce  said  line,  including  the  side  tracks  along  the 
same  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  154,416  ties. 

That  to  reproduce  said  line,  in  its  present  condition,  including  the 
side  tracks  along  the  said  line,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  5,136.11 
tons  of  steel  rails,  the  same  requiring  746,308  pounds  of  splices;  64,397 
pounds  of  bolts;  332,864  pounds  of  spikes;  49,300  heavy  tie  plates; 
32,457  rail  braces,  and  5,840  pounds  nut  locks;  and  frogs  and  switches, 
which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  are 
estimated  at  a cost  of  $4,765  in  place. 

That  to  reproduce  the  ballast  on  said  line  it  would  be  necessary 
to  ballast  with  earth  30.82  miles,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertain- 
ing the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $600  per  mile;  and 
to  ballast  with  gravel  17.13  miles,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $1,100  per  mile. 

That  to  reproduce  the  line  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  52.59  miles 
of  track,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduc- 
tion is  estimated  to  cost  $700  per  mile,  and  it  would  be  necessary  to 
place  tie  plates  along  said  line,  the  labor  for  which  is  estimated  to 
cost  $739. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  to  reproduce  said  line,  in  its  present 
condition,  to  construct  91.5  miles  of  barbed  wire  fence. 

That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  the  line  would 
cost,  at  present  prices,  to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $2,268.30. 

That  the  interests  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  and  Navigation  Com- 
pany, in  the  telegraph  lines  along  said  portion  of  said  line  would  cost 
to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $1,447.61. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  said  line  consist  of  5,992  square 


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feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  one-story  frame  station;  7,167 
square  feet  floor  area  of  station  platform;  and  the  furniture  and  fix- 
tures new  for  such  station  buildings  are  estimated  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  to  cost  the  sum  of  $772.50. 

That  to  reconstruct  new  the  water  stations  along  said  portion  of 
said  line  would  cost  the  sum  of  $8,468.00. 

That  the  miscellaneous  structures  along  said  line  consist  of  4,123 
square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  white  section  houses; 
2,373  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  Chinese  section 
houses;  1,324  square  feet  floor  area  of  tool,  coal  and  miscellaneous 
sheds;  536  square  feet  floor  area  of  water  closets;  504  square  feet 
floor  area  of  oil,  sand  and  pump  houses;  6,529  square  feet  of  miscel- 
laneous platforms;  10,912  square  feet  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  stock 
yards,  and  70  wrater  barrels. 

BRANCH  LINES. 

That  in  addition  to  the  foregoing  main  lines  of  the  Oregon  Rail- 
road & Navigation  Company,  in  the  State  of  Washington,  it  owns 
and  operates  the  branch  lines  hereinafter  set  out. 

No.  10. 

That  that  portion  of  the  branch  line  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & 
Navigation  Company  in  Washington,  extending  from  Walla  Walla  to 
the  Oregon,  Washington  state  line,  and  being  4.58  miles  in  length, 
was  constructed  by  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation  Company  in 
1883,  and  cost  said  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation  Company  and  the 
Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company,  including  betterments  and 
improvements  down  to  the  30th  day  of  June,  1907,  the  sum  of 
$88,138.92. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  said  portion  of  said 
line  in  its  present  condition,  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  47,503 
cubic  yards  of  earth,  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  14,189 
cubic  yards  of  boulder  gravel  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet; 
and  of  the  quantities  above  mentioned  it  would  be  necessary  to  move 
an  equivalent  of  61,692  cubic  yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess 
of  said  300-foot  free  haul  allowance. 

That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  said  line, 
it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  352  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridges; 
144  feet  of  frame  trestles;  1,760  feet  B.  M.  timber  in  wooden  boxes; 
36  feet  of  20-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  24  feet  of  24-inch  cast  iron  pipe; 
and  24  feet  of  18-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe. 

That  subsequent  to  the  construction  of  the  road  there  has  been 
moved  and  used  in  filling  bridges  2,730  cubic  yards  of  material,  which 
is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  shown  above  and  which 
should  be  included  in  the  estimate  of  the  cost  of  reproduction. 

That  to  reproduce  the  said  line,  including  side  tracks  along  the 
same,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  13,579  ties. 


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That  to  reproduce  the  said  line  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  431.85 
tons  of  steel  rails;  the  same  requiring  58,099  pounds  of  splices;  5,282 
pounds  bolts;  29,285  pounds  of  spikes;  1,460  rail  braces,  and  820 
pounds  of  nut  locks. 

That  to  reproduce  the  ballasting  on  said  line  it  would  be  neces- 
sary to  ballast  with  earth  4.58  miles,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascer- 
taining the  cost  of  reproduction,  is  estimated  to  cost  $600.00  per  mile. 

That  to  reproduce  the  line  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  4.58  miles 
of  track,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduc- 
tion is  estimated  to  cost  $700.00  per  mile. 

That  it  would  be  necessary,  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line,  in  its 
present  condition,  to  construct  ten  miles  of  barbed  wire  fence. 

That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  the  said  line 
would  cost,  at  present  prices,  to  reproduce  new,  the  sum  of  $214.10. 

That  the  interest  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company 
in  the  telegraph  lines  along  the  said  portion  of  said  line,  would  cost, 
to  reproduce  new,  the  sum  of  $138.27. 

That  to  reconstruct  new,  the  fuel  stations  along  the  said  portion  of 
said  line,  it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  one  10  pocket  coal  shute, 
which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction,  is 
estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $8,000.00. 


No.  11. 

That  that  portion  of  the  branch  line  in  Washington  extending 
from  Wallula  to  Walla  Walla,  consisting  of  31.2  miles,  was  constructed 
by  the  Walla  Walla  and  Columbia  River  Railroad  Company  about  the 
year  1873,  the  same  being  constructed  as  a narrow  gauge  road;  that 
about  the  year  1881  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation  Company  pur- 
chased said  line  and  converted  the  same  into  a standard  guage  rail 
road.  That  in  the  construction  and  improvement  of  the  said  narrow 
guage  road  and  down  to  the  time  of  the  transfer  there  of  to  the  Ore- 
gon Railroad  & Navigation  Company,  there  had  been  expended  in 
the  construction  and  equipment  thereof  the  sum  of  $286,874.76.  That 
since  the  acquisition  of  the  said  property  and  down  to  June  30th, 
1907,  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation  Company  and  the  Oregon 
Railroad  & Navigation  Company  have  expended  in  converting  the 
same  into  a standard  guage  railroad  and  in  betterments  and  perma- 
nent improvements,  exclusive  of  equipment,  the  sum  of  $413,340.02, 
making  a total  cost  for  said  road,  exclusive  of  equipment  of  the  sum  of 
$700,214.78. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  said  road  in  its  present 
condition,  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  391,047  cubic  yards  of  earth 
a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  11,165  cubic  yards  of  solid  rock 
a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  2,891  cubic  yards  of  cemented 
gravel  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  and  of  the  quantities 
above  mentioned  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  an  equivalent  of 


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405,103  cubic  yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of  said  300-foot- 
free  haul  allowance. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  to  place  1,880  cubic  yards  of  riprap. 

That  along  said  line  there  is  now  4,312  lineal  feet  of  side  track, 
the  grading  for  which  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  above 
mentioned,  which  grading  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of 
reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  40  cents  per  lineal  foot. 

That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  said  line 
it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  698  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridges; 
344  feet  of  frame  trestles;  96  feet  of  pile  approach;  one  108- foot 
Howe  Truss  bridge;  85,165  feet  B.  M.  timber  in  culverts  and  wooden 
boxes;  25  feet  of  12-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  48  feet  of  18-inch  cast  iron 
pipe;  682  feet  of  24-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  30  feet  of  6-inch  vitrified 
pipe;  66  feet  of  18-inch  vitrified  pipe;  36  feet  of  24-inch  corrugated 
steel  pipe,  and  32  feet  of  36-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe  and  small 
steel  irrigating  pipe,  which  last  item  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  in  place  the  sum  of 
$169.50;  and  21  cubic  yards  stone  masonry  in  culverts. 

That  subsequent  to  construction  there  has  been  11,387  cubic  yards 
of  earth  moved  and  used  in  filling  bridges  and  trestles  which  is  not 
included  in  said  grading  quantities  above  mentioned.  That  to  re- 
produce the  said  line,  including  the  side  tracks,  in  its  present  con- 
dition, it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  95,358  ties.  That  to  reproduce 
the  said  line,  including  the  side  tracks,  in  its  present  condition,  it 
would  be  necesary  to  lay  2,827.31  tons  of  steel  rails,  the  same  re- 
quiring 401,718  pounds  splices,  37,250  pounds  bolts,  205,844  pounds 
of  spikes,  16,420  rail  braces  and  3,840  pounds  of  nut  locks,  and 
frogs  and  switches,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost 
of  reproduction  are  estimated  to  cost  $1,511.00  in  place. 

That  to  reproduce  the  ballast  on  said  line  it  would  be  necessary 
to  ballast  with  earth  31.05  miles,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $600  per  mile.  That  to 
reproduce  the  line  in  its  present  condition  it  would  be  necessary  to 
lay  32.27  miles  of  track,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the 
cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $700  per  mile. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line  in 
its  present  condition  to  construct  62  miles  of  barbed  wire  fence.  That 
the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  the  said  line  would  cost 
at  present  prices  to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $2,234.  That  the  in- 
terest of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  in  the  telegraph 
lines  along  the  said  line  would  cost  to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of 
$944.34. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  the  said  line  consist  of  384  square 
feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  one-story  frame  station  build 
ings;  816  square  feet  floor  area  of  frame  station  platforms,  and  the 
furniture  and  fixtures  for  the  said  station  buildings,  which  furniture 
and  fixtures  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction 
are  estimated  at  a cost  new  of  $458.  That  the  shops,  round  houses 


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and  turn  tables  along  the  said  line  consist  of  384  square  feet  floor 
area  of  frame  shops.  That  the  water  stations  along  the  said  line 
would  cost  to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $2,823.  That  the  storage 
warehouses  along  the  said  line  consist  of  6,536  square  feet  of  frame 
warehouses. 

That  the  miscelaneous  structures  along  the  said  line  consist  of 
2,976  square  feet  floor -area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  white  section 
houses;  1,308  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  Chinese 
section  houses;  904  square  feet  floor  area  of  tool,  coal  and  miscellane- 
ous sheds;  432  feet  floor  area  of  standard  water  closets;  733  square 
feet  of  standard  oil,  sand  and  pump  houses;  4,916  square  feet  of 
miscellaneous  platforms;  1,350  square  feet  of  standard  stockyards  and 
60  water  barrels. 

No.  12. 

That  that  portion  of  the  branch  line  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & 
Navigation  Company  extending  from  Fairfield  to  Waverly,  a distance 
of  4.76  miles  in  length,  was  constructed  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & 
Navigation  Company  in  the  year  1899,  at  a total  cost,  including  better- 
ments and  improvements,  down  to  the  30th  day  of  June,  1907,  the 
sum  of  $51,691.63. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  the  said  line  in  its 
present  condition  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  72,583  cubic  yards 
of  earth  a distance  of  300  feet;  3,123  cubic  yards  of  solid  rock  a dis- 
tance of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  2,067  cubic  yards  of  cemented  gravel 
a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  and  of  the  above  mentioned 
quantities  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  an  equivalent  of  52,669  cubic 
yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of  said  300-foot  haul  allowance. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  to  clear  10  acres,  which  for  the  purpose 
of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  at  $50  per  acre. 

That  there  is  along  the  said  line  764  lineal  feet  of  side  tracks  the 
grading  of  which  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  above 
mentioned,  and  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of 
reproduction  is  estimated  at  the  cost  of  40  cents  per  lineal  foot. 

That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  along  the  said 
line  it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  594  lineal  feet  of  pile  approach; 
one  130-foot  Howe  Truss  bridge;  26,379  feet  B.  M.  timber  in  culverts 
and  wooden  boxes;  108  feet  of  16-inch  cast  iron  pipe. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line  in  its  present  condition, 
including  side  tracks,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  17,993  ties. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line  in  its  present  condition, 
including  side  tracks,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  548.30  tons  of 
steel  rails,  the  same  requiring  69,853  pounds  of  splices,  7,190  pounds 
of  bolts,  38,652  pounds  of  spikes,  4,816  rail  braces  and  580  pounds 
of  nut  locks,  and  frogs  and  switches  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascer- 
taining the  cost  of  reproduction  are  estimated  to  cost  $1,837,  in  place. 

That  to  reproduce  the  ballast  on  the  said  line  it  would  ne  necessary 
to  ballast  with  earth  4.76  miles,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $600  per  mile.  That  in 


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order  to  reproduce  the  line  in  its  present  condition  it  would  be  neces- 
sary to  lay  6.14  miles  of  track,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  at  the  sum  of  $700  per  mile. 

That  it  would  be  necessary,  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line 
in  its  present  condition,  to  construct  8 miles  of  barbed  wire  fence. 
That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  the  line  would  cost 
at  present  prices  to  reproduce  new  the  sum  • of  $363..  That  the  in- 
terest of  the  Oregon  Rairload  & Navigation  Company  in  the  telegraph 
lines  along  the  said  branch  line  would  cost  to  reproduce  new  the 
sum  of  $143.70. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  the  said  line  consist  of  1,560 
square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  one-story  station  build- 
ings; 2,752  square  feet  floor  area  of  station  platforms,  and  furniture 
and  fixtures  for  the  said  station  buildings  wrould  cost  to  reproduce 
new  the  sum  of  $229. 

That  the  miscellaneous  structures  along  the  said  line  consist  of 
24  square  feet  floor  area  of  water  closets;  1,000  square  feet  floor  area 
of  miscellaneous  platforms;  3,200  square  feet  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard 
stockyards;  one  set  of  80-ton  track  scales,  and  3 water  barrels. 


No.  13. 

That  that  portion  of  the  branch  line  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & 
Navigation  Company  in  the  state  of  Washington,  extending  from 
Tekoa  to  the  Idaho-Washington  state  line,  being  2.15  miles  in  length, 
was  constructed  by  the  Washington  & Idaho  Railroad  Company  in 
the  year  1889,  at  a total  cost  to  the  Idaho  & Washington  Railroad 
Company,  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation  Company,  and  the  Oregon 
Railroad  & Navigation  Company,  down  to  the  30th  day  of  June,  1907, 
including  betterments  and  improvements,  of  the  sum  of  $66,070.95. 

That  upon  the  said  line  the  said  Washington  & Idaho  Railroad 
Company  issued  its  bonds  to  the  amount  of  $30,000  per  mile  and  de- 
livered the  same  to  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation  Company,  and 
the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation  Company  is  now  the  owner  of  the 
said  road. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  the  said  line  it  would 
be  necessary  to  move  37,581  cubic  yards  of  earth  a distance  of  not 
to  exceed  300  feet;  3,296  cubic  yards  of  solid  rock  a distance  of  not 
to  exceed  300  feet;  2,778  cubic  yards  of  cemented  gravel  a distance 
of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  and  281  cubic  yards  of  shell  rock  a distance 
of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  and  of  the  quantities  above  mentioned  it 
would  be  necessary  to  move  an  equivalent  of  9,800  cubic  yards  a 
distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of  the  300-foot  free  haul  allowance. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  to  place  309  cubic  yards  of  riprap. 
That  it  would  be  necessary  to  clear  2.73  acres,  which  for  the  purpose 
of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  at  $50  per  acre, 
and  to  grub  5 stations,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the 
cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  at  $15  per  station. 

That  since  the  construction  of  the  said  road  the  grade  and  banks 


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have  been  widened,  necessitating  the  placing  of  4,105  cubic  yards 
of  earth  which  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  above  men- 
tioned. 

That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  the  said 
branch  line  it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  bridge  No.  E 4,  the 
same  being  a 50-foot  through  plate  girder,  with  two  concrete  abut- 
ments, the  construction  of  same  requiring  43  cubic  yards  excavation 
above  water,  131  cubic  yards  excavation  below  water,  285.2  cubic 
yards  concrete  masonry,  1.66  cubic  yards  cut  stone,  68,431  pounds 
steel,  and  53  lineal  feet  of  floor  systems;  and  bridge  E 1,  being  a 
65-foot  through  plate  girder,  with  two  concrete  abutments,  the  con- 
struction of  same  requiring  112  cubic  yards  excavation  above  water, 
180  cubic  yards  excavation  below  water,  251.26  cubic  yards  concrete 
masonry,  166  cut  stone,  104,463  pounds  steel,  and  68  lineal  feet  floor 
system;  480  feet  B.  M.  timber  in  wooden  culverts;  114  feet  24- inch 
cast  iron  pipe  and  48  feet  30-inch  cast  iron  pipe. 

That  since  the  construction  of  the  said  line  there  has  been  1,330 
cubic  yards  of  earth  used  in  filling  bridges  and  trestles  and  which 
is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  above  set  out. 

That  to  reproduce  the  said  line  in  its  present  condition  it  would 
be  necessary  to  lay  5,944  ties  and  202.72  tons  of  steel  rails,  the  same 
requiring  27,210  pounds  of  splices,  2,482  pounds  of  bolts,  13,756  pounds 
of  spikes,  1,440  rail  braces,  and  380  pounds  of  nut  locks. 

That ' to  reproduce  the  ballast  on  the  said  branch  line  it  would 
be  necessary  to  ballast  with  tailings  2.15  miles,  which  ballast  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost 
the  sum  of  $1,500  per  mile. 

That  to  reproduce  the  line  in  its  present  condition  it  would  be 
necessary  to  lay  2.15  miles  of  track,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascer- 
taining the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $700 
per  mile. 

That  the  ties,  rails,  track  fastenings  and  frogs  and  switches  upon 
the  side  tracks  along  the  said  line,  said  side  tracks  being  in  the 
Tekoa  yards,  are  included  in  other  portions  of  the  said  line.  That 
in  order  to  reproduce  the  line  in  its  present  condition  it  would  be 
necessary  to  construct  4.30  miles  of  barbed  wire  fence.  That  the 
crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  the  line  would  cost  at  the 
present  prices  to  reproduce  the  same  new  the  sum  of  $59.50. 

That  the  interest  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company 
in  the  telegraph  line  along  the  said  branch  line  would  cost  to  re- 
produce the  same  new  the  sum  of  $64.90. 


No.  14. 

That  that  portion  of  the  branch  line  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & 
Navigation  Company  in  the  state  of  Washington,  extending  from  Col- 
fax through  Pullman  to  the  Idaho  state  line  and  being  26.23  miles 
in  length,  was  constructed  by  the  Columbia  & Palouse  Railroad  Com- 
pany in  1885,  and  the  same  cost  the  Columbia  & Palouse  Railroad 


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Company  and  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company,  including 
betterments  and  improvements,  down  to  the  30th  day  of  June,  1907, 
the  sum  of  $842,907.87. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  said  branch  line  it 
would  be  necessary  to  move  443,200  cubic  yards  of  earth  a distance 
of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  11,975  cubic  yards  of  loose  rock  a distance 
of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  39,530  cubic  yards  of  solid  rock  a distance 
of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  553  cubic  yards  of  cemented  gravel  a dis- 
tance of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  14,312  cubic  yards  of  shell  rock  a 
distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  1,193  cubic  yards  of  hard  pan  a 
distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  and  6,627  cubic  yards  of  boulder 
gravel  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  and  of  the  quantities 
above  mentioned  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  an  equivalent  of 
421,364  cubic  yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of  said  300  feet 
free  haul  allowance. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  to  place  88,540  cubic  yards  of  riprap, 
the  overhaul  on  which  would  amount  to  658,432  cubic  yards. 

That  it  would  ne  benecessary  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line  in 
its  present  condition  to  clear  30.62  acres,  which  clearing  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost 
the  sum  of  $50  per  acre;  it  would  be  necessary  to  grub  28.75  stations, 
which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is 
estimated  to  cost  $15  per  station. 

That  along  said  line  there  is  now  6,325  lineal  feet  of  side  track, 
the  grading  for  which  side  track  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quanti- 
ties above  mentioned,  and  which  grading  for  the  purpose  of  ascer- 
taining the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  40  cents  per 
lineal  foot. 

That  since  the  original  construction  of  said  line  the  grade  and 
banks  thereof  have  been  widened,  necessitating  the  placing  of  41,051 
cubic  yards  of  material,  which  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quanti 
ties  above  mentioned. 

That  during  the  time  the  said  line  was  under  the  control  of  the 
construction  department,  and  after  the  grading  was  completed,  por- 
tions of  said  line  were  destroyed  by  unusual  freshets,  necessitating 
the  expenditure  of  $34,547.23  to  reconstruct  and  repair  the  damage 
done  by  such  freshets. 

That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  said  branch 
line  it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  2,523  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridges; 
400  lineal  feet  of  frame  trestles;  832  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridge  ap- 
proach; 688  lineal  feet  of  frame  bridge  approach;  144  lineal  feet  of 
combination  pile  and  frame  bridge  approach;  and  1,023  lineal  feet  of 
Howe  Truss  bridges;  37,507  feet  B.  M.  timber  in  culverts  and  wooden 
boxes;  16.5  cubic  yards  stone  masonry  in  culverts;  312  lineal  feet 
of  16-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  342  lineal  feet  of  18-inch  cast  iron  pipe; 
270  lineal  feet  of  20-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  264  lineal  feet  of  24-inch 
cast  iron  pipe;  48  feet  of  30-inch  cast  iron;  and  36  feet  of  36-inch 
cast  iron  pipe;  and  30  feet  of  6-inch  vitrified  pipe.  That  since  the 


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original  construction  of  said  line  bridges  have  been  filled,  necessi- 
tating the  placing  of  14,837  cubic  yards  of  material  which  is  not 
included  in  the  grading  quantities  mentioned  above. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line,  including  side  tracks, 
in  the  condition  in  which  the  same  now  is,  it  would  be  necessary  to 
lay  87,551  ties. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line,  including  the  side  tracks, 
in  the  condition  in  which  the  same  now  is,  it  would  be  necessary 
to  lay  2,628.06  tons  of  steel  rails,  the  same  requiring  355,380  pounds 
of  splices,  34,394  pounds  of  bolts,  187,236  pounds  of  spikes,  26,244 
rail  braces,  and  3,200  pounds  of  nut  locks;  and  frogs  and  switches, 
which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  are 
estimated  at  the  cost  of  $5,440,  in  place. 

That  to  reproduce  the  ballast  on  said  branch  line  it  would  be 
necessary  to  ballast  with  earth  26.23  miles,  which  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum 
of  $600  per  mile. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  branch  line,  including  the 
side  tracks,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  29.79  miles  of  track,  which 
for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated 
to  cost  the  sum  of  $700  per  mile. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line 
in  its  present  condition  to  construct  49.5  miles  of  barbed  wire  fences. 
That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  the  said  branch 
line  would  cost  at  the  present  time,  to  reproduce  new,  the  sum  of 
$1,509.50. 

That  the  interest  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company 
in  the  telegraph  lines  along  the  said  branch  line  would  cost  to  re- 
produce new  the  sum  of  $791.88. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  the  said  branch  line  consist  of 
3,184  square  feet,  floor  area,  of  the  O.  R.  & N.  standard  one-story 
frame  station  buildings;  4,612  square  feet  floor  area  station  platforms, 
and  the  furniture  and  fixtures  for  the  said  station  buildings  would 
cost  to  reproduce  the  same  new  the  sum  of  $447.. 

That  the  water  stations  along  the  said  branch  line  would  cost 
to  reproduce  the  same  new  the  sum  of  $3,434. 

That  tne  miscellaneous  structures  along  the  said  branch  line  con- 
sist of  1,253  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  white 
section  houses;  1,085  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard 
Chinese  section  houses;  576  square  feet  floor  area  of  tool,  coal  and 
miscellaneous  sheds;  372  square  feet  floor  area  of  water  closets; 
3,360  square  feet  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  stockyards,  and  120  water 
barrels. 

No.  15. 

That  that  portion  of  the  branch  lines  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & 
Navigation  Company  extending  from  La  Crosse  to  Connell,  and  being 
53.12  miles  in  length,  was  constructed,  as  before  stated,  by  the 
Columbia  & Palouse  Railroad  Company,  and  cost,  in  connection  with 


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other  portions  of  the  line,  the  sum  hereinbefore  stated. 

That  to  reproduce  the  grading  quantities  on  said  line  in  the  con- 
dition in  which  the  same  now  are  it  would  be  necessary  to  move 
448,437  cubic  yards  of  earth  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet; 
13,401  cubic  yards  of  loose  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet; 
43,230  cubic  yards  of  solid  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300 
feet;  6,368  cubic  yards  of  cemented  gravel  a distance  of  not  to  ex- 
ceed 300  feet;  and  of  the  quantities  above  mentioned  it  would  be 
necessary  to  move  an  equivalent  of  511,436  cubic  yards  a distance 
of  100  feet  in  excess  of  said  300-foot  free  haul  allowance.  That  it 
would  be  necessary  to  place  4,701  cubic  yards  of  riprap.  That  along 
said  line  there  is  now  7,513  lineal  feet  of  side  tracks,  the  grading 
for  which  side  tracks  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  above 
mentioned,  and  which  grading  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the 
cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  40  cents  per  lineal  foot.  It 
would  be  necessary  to  clear  .88  acres  and  to  grub  3.52  stations. 

That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  said  line 
it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  1,490  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridges; 
365  lineal  feet  of  frame  trestles;  264  lineal  feet  of  combination  pile 
and  frame  bridges;  208  lineal  feet  of  frame  approach,  and  151  lineal 
feet  of  pile  and  frame  approach;  one  150-foot  Howe  Truss  bridge; 
58,609  feet  B.  M.  timber  in  culverts  and  wooden  boxes;  156  feet  of  18- 
inch  cast  iron  pipe;  72  feet  of  18-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe;  114  feet 
of  24-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe;  108  feet  of  33-inch  corrugated  steel 
pipe;  24  feet  of  36-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe;  68  cubic  yards  stone 
masonry  in  culverts.  That  since  the  original  construction  of  said  line, 
bridges  have  been  filled,  necessitating  the  placing  of  4,567  cubic  yards 
of  material  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  mentioned  above. 

That  to  reproduce  the  said  line,  including  the  side  tracks,  in  its 
present  condition,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  165,976  ties.  That  to 
reproduce  the  said  line,  including  side  tracks,  in  its  present  condi- 
tion, it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  5,064.93  tons  of  steel  rails,  the  same 
requiring  450,639  pounds  of  splices,  65,255  pounds  of  bolts,  358,890 
pounds  of  spikes,  26,480  rail  braces  and  6,560  pounds  of  nut  locks; 
and  frogs  and  switches,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the 
cost  of  production  are  estimated  at  a cost  of  $4,008,  in  place. 

That  to  reproduce  the  ballast  on  the  said  branch  line  it  would  be 
necessary  to  ballast  with  earth  53.12  miles,  which  for  the  purpose 
of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum 
of  $600  per  mile. 

That  to  reproduce  the  line  in  its  present  condition  it  would  be 
necessary  to  lay  56.52  miles  of  track,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascer- 
taining the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of 
$700  per  mile. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line 
in  its  present  condition  to  construct  14  miles  of  barbed  wire  fence. 
That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  the  said  line  would 
cost,  at  present  prices,  to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $1,140.12. 


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That  the  interest  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company 
in  the  telegraph  lines  along  the  said  branch  line  would  cost  to  re- 
produce the  same  new  the  sum  of  $1,603.69. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  the  said  line  consist  of  4,070 
square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  one-story  frame  station 
buildings;  4,181  square  feet  floor  area  of  station  platforms,  and  that 
the  furniture  and  fixtures  for  the  station  buildings  would  cost  to  re- 
produce new  the  sum  of  $641.50. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  new  the  water  stations  along  said  lines 
it  would  cost  the  sum  of  $3,399. 

That  the  miscellaneous  structures  along  the  said  line  consist  of 
710  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  white  section  houses; 
649  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  Chinese  section 
houses;  330  square  feet  floor  area  of  tool,  coal  and  miscellaneous 
sheds;  340  square  feet  floor  area  of  water  closets;  312  square  feet 
floor  area  of  oil,  sand  and  pump  houses;  564  square  feet  of  miscel- 
laneous platforms;  9,542  square  feet  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  stock- 
yards,  and  120  water  barrels. 

No.  16. 

That  that  portion  of  the  branch  line  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & 
Navigation  Company  extending  from  Starbuck  to  Pomeroy,  a distance 
of  30.13  miles,  was  constructed  by  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation 
Company  in  the  year  1885,  and  cost  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation 
Company  and  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company,  including 
betterments  and  improvements,  down  to  the  30th  day  of  June,  1907, 
the  sum  of  $342,190.07. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  said  branch  line  it 
would  be  necessary  to  move  215,141  cubic  yards  of  earth  a distance 
of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  3,805  cubic  yards  of  loose  rock  a distance 
of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  2,360  cubic  yards  of  solid  rock  a distance 
of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  6,938  cubic  yards  of  cemented  gravel  a 
distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  11,423  cubic  yards  of  hard  pan  a 
distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  and  of  the  quantities  above  men- 
tioned it  would  be  necessary  to  move  an  equivalent  of  238,578  cubic 
yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of  said  300-foot  free  haul  allow- 
ance. It  would  be  necessary  to  clear  5.72  acres  and  to  grub  4 sta- 
tions. 

It  would  be  necessary  to  place  5,146  cubic  yards  of  riprap. 

That  along  said  line  there  is  now  3,239  lineal  feet  of  side  track 
and  the  grading  for  which  was  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities 
above  mentioned,  and  for  which  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost 
of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  40  cents  per  lineal  foot. 

That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  said  line 
it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  822  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridges; 
133  lineal  feet  of  frame  trestles;  368  lineal  feet  of  combination  pile 
and  frame  trestles;  101,311  feet  B.  M.  timber  in  culverts  and  wooden 
boxes;  60  feet  of  12-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  72  feet  of  18-inch  cast  iron 
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pipe;  294  feet  of  24-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  48  feet  of  36-inch  cast  iron 
pipe,  and  48  feet  of  24-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe;  and  to  place  75 
cubic  yards  concrete  masonry  in  pipe  end  walls. 

That  subsequent  to  the  construction  of  said  road  there  has  been 
8,411  cubic  yards  of  material  placed  in  filling  bridges  and  trestles, 
the  same  not  being  included  in  the  grading  quantities  above  men- 
tioned. That  to  reproduce  the  said  line,  including  the  side  tracks 
along  the  same,  in  its  present  condition,  it  would  be  necessary  to 
lay  94,984  ties. 

That  to  reproduce  the  said  line,  including  side  tracks  along  the 
same,  in  its  present  condition,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  2,839.98 
tons  of  steel  rails,  the  same  requiring  395,580  pounds  of  splices,  37,258 
pounds  of  bolts,  204,634  pounds  of  spikes,  15,328  rail  braces,  and  3,620 
pounds  of  nut  locks;  and  frogs  and  switches,  which  for  the  purpose 
of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  production  are  estimated  to  cost  $1,973, 
in  place. 

That  to  reproduce  the  ballasting  on  said  line  it  would  be  necessary 
to  ballast  with  earth  30.13  miles,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  cost  of  production  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $600  per  mile. 

That  to  reproduce  the  line  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  32.27 
miles  of  track,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  re- 
production is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $700  per  mile. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line 
in  its  present  condition  to  construct  56  miles  of  barbed  wire  fence. 

That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  the  line  would 
cost  at  present  prices  to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $1,, 005. 88. 

That  the  interest  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company 
in  the  telegraph  lines  along  the  said  portion  of  said  line  would  cost 
to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $909.74. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  said  line  consist  of  2,354  square 
feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  one-story  station  buildings; 
3,434  square  feet  of  station  platforms;  that  the  furniture  and  fixtures 
contained  in  said  station  buildings,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $323. 

That  the  shops,  round  houses  and  turn  tables  along  the  said  portion 
<of  said  line  consist  of  one  2-stall  frame  engine  house,  which  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost 
$1,^00,  and  one  50-foot  wooden  turn  table,  which  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  the  cost  of  reprodutcion  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum 
of  $1,000. 

That  to  construct  new  the  water  stations  along  the  said  line  would 
cost  the  sum  of  $5,121. 

That  the  miscellaneous  structures  along  the  said  portion  of  said 
line  consist  of  1,764  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard 
white  section  houses;  1,647  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N. 
standard  Chinese  section  houses;  696  square  feet  floor  area  of  tool, 
coal  and  miscellaneous  sheds;  432  square  feet  floor  area  of  water 
closets;  168  square  feet  floor  area  of  oil,  sand  and  pump  houses; 


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1,188  square  feet  of  miscellaneous  platforms;  13,992  square  feet  of 
O.  R.  & N.  standard  stockyards,  and  60  water  barrels. 

No.  17. 

That  that  portion  of  the  branch  line  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & 
Navigation  Company  in  Washington,  extending  from  Walla  Walla  to 
Riparia,  and  being  55.85  miles  in  length,  together  with  that  portion 
of  the  branch  line  extending  from  Bolles  to  Dayton,  and  being  13.26 
miles  in  length  were  constructed  by  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation 
Company  in  1882  and  cost  said  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation  Com- 
pany, and  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company,  including 
betterments  and  improvements,  down  to  the  30th  day  of  June,  1907, 
the  sum  of  $2,235,553.79. 

That  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  said  portion  of  said  line  ex- 
tending from  Walla  Walla  to  Riparia,  and  being  55.85  miles  in  length, 
in  its  present  condition,  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  728,296  cubic 
yards  of  earth  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  55,303  cubic  yards 
of  loose  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  130,574  cubic  yards 
of  solid  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  2,595  cubic  yards 
of  cemented  gravel  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet,  439  cubic 
yards  of  boulder  gravel  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet.  It  would 
be  necessary  to  place  364  cubic  yards  of  riprap.  It  would  be  neces- 
sary to  clear  15  acres.  And  of  the  quantities  above  mentioned  it 
would  be  necessary  to  move  an  equivalent  of  615,579  cubic  yards 
a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of  said  300  feet  free  haul  allowance. 

That  there  is  on  said  portion  of  said  line  from  Walla  Walla  to 
Riparia  15,482  lineal  feet  of  side  tracks,  the  grading  for  which  is 
not  included  in  the  grading  quantities  shown  above,  and  that  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  said  grading  is  esti- 
mated to  cost  40  cents  per  lineal  foot. 

That  subsequent  to  the  construction  of  said  portion  of  said  lin<j 
from  Walla  Walla  to  Riparia  the  banks  were  widened,  and  that  143,678 
cubic  yards  of  material  were  used  for  this  purpose,  said  material  not 
being  shown  in  the  grading  quantities  shown  above. 

That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  said  line 
from  Walla  Walla  to  Riparia  it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  688 
lineal  feet  of  pile  bridges;  1,216  lineal  feet  of  frame  bridges;  820 
lineal  feet  of  high  frame  trestles;  160  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridge  ap- 
proaches and  one  72-foot  Howe  Truss  bridge;  64,438  feet  B.  M. 
of  timber  in  culverts  and  wooden  boxes;  264  feet  of  12-inch  cast  iron 
pipe;  108  feet  of  16-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  872  feet  of  18-inch  cast  iron 
pipe;  158  feet  of  20-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  1,248  feet  of  24-inch  cast 
iron  pipe;  108  feet  of  30-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  660  feet  of  36-inch  cast 
iron  pipe;  244  feet  of  10-inch  vitrified  pipe;  1,864  feet  of  12-inch  vitri- 
fied pipe;  170  feet  of  14-inch  vitrified  pipe,  and  804  feet  of  16-inch 
vitrified  pipe;  84  feet  of  18-inch  vitrified  pipe;  216  feet  of  24-inch 
vitrified  pipe,  and  216  feet  of  18-inch  corrugated  steel  pipe;  and  to 
place  4 cubic  yards  of  concrete  masonry  in  pipe  end  walls. 


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That  subsequent  to  the  construction  of  said  portion  of  said  line 
from  Walla  Walla  to  Riparia  there  has  been  used  in  filling  bridges 
251,962  cubic  yards  of  material,  which  is  not  included  in  the  grading 
quantities  shown  above,  and  which  should  be  included  in  the  cost  of 
reproduction. 

That  to  reproduce  the  said  line  from  Walla  Walla  to  Riparia,  in- 
cluding side  tracks  along  the  same,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay 
197,090  ties. 

That  to  reproduce  the  said  line  from  Walla  Walla  to  Riparia,  in- 
cluding the  side  tracks  along  the  same,  it  would  be  necessary  to 
lay  6,434.49  tons  of  steel  rails,  the  same  requiring  816,631  pounds  of 
splices,  80,273  pounds  of  bolts,  424,158  pounds  of  spikes,  10,980  light 
tie  plates,  54,006  rail  braces,  and  10,720  pounds  of  nut  locks;  and 
frogs  and  switches,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost 
of  reproduction  as  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $10,880,  in  place. 

That  to  reproduce  the  ballasting  on  said  line  from  Walla  Walla 
to  Riparia  it  would  be  necessary  to  ballast  with  earth  54.49  miles,, 
which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is 
estimated  to  cost  $600  per  mile,  and  to  ballast  with  gravel  1.59  miles, 
which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is 
estimated  to  cost  $1,100  per  mile. 

That  to  reproduce  the  line  from  Walla  Walla  to  Riparia  it  would 
be  necessary  to  lay  67.78  miles  of  track,  which  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum 
of  $700  per  mile.  And  that  it  would  be  necessary  to  place  tie  plates, 
and  the  labor  of  placing  the  same  is  estimated  to  cost  $164. 

That  it  would  be  necessary  in  order  to  reproduce  said  line  from 
W7alla  Walla  to  Riparia,  in  its  present  condition,  to  construct  105.5* 
miles  of  barbed  wire  fence. 

That  the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  the  said  line 
from  Walla  Walla  to  Riparia  would  cost  at  present  price,  to  repro- 
duce the  same,  the  sum  of  $1,896.50. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  portion  of  said  line  from 
Walla  Walla  to  Riparia,  in  its  present  condition,  it  would  be  necessary 
to  install  one  train  order  signal,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $225. 

That  the  interest  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company 
in  the  telegraph  lines  along  the  said  portion  of  said  line  from  Walla 
Walla  to  Riparia  would  cost  to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $1,685.99. 

That  the  station  buildings  along  the  said  portion  of  said  line  from 
Walla  Walla  to  Riparia  consist  of  one  uncompleted  brick  station 
building  at  Walla  Walla,  which  had  cost  to  June  30,  1907,  the  sum 
of  $16,541.87,  and  it  would  be  necessary  to  expend  a like  amount  to 
reproduce  the  same;  648  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  two- 
story  frame  station  buildings;  6,248  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N stand- 
ard one-story  frame  station  buildings ; 53,329  square  feet  of  station  plat- 
forms; and  that  the  furniture  and  fixtures  contained  in  said  station. 


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buildings,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is 
estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $1,109. 

That  the  shops,  round  houses  and  turn  tables  along  said  line 
from  Walla  Walla  to  Riparia  consist  of  5,356  square  feet  floor  area 
of  brick  shops;  1,216  square  feet  floor  area  of  frame  shops;  one  brick 
engine  house  containing  fifteen  stalls;  one  frame  engine  house  con- 
taining four  stalls;  one  54-foot  steel  turn  table,  which  for  the  purpose 
of  ascertaining  tne  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $2,500, 
and  one  75-foot  steel  turn  table,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  $6,535. 

That  to  reconstruct  new  the  water  stations  along  the  said  portion 
of  said  line  from  Walla  Walla  to  Riparia  would  cost  the  sum  of 
$11,972. 

That  to  reproduce  the  fuel  stations  along  said  portion  of  said  line 
from  Walla  Walla  to  Riparia  it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  one 
14-pocket  coal  cnute,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost 
of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $10,000. 

That  the  storage  warehouses  along  the  said  portion  of  said  line 
from  Walla  Walla  to  Riparia  consist  of  8,450  square  feet  floor  area. 
That  the  miscellaneous  structures  along  the  said  portion  of  said  line 
from  Walla  Walla  to  Riparia  consist  of  5,696  square  feet  floor  area 
of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  white  section  houses;  3,132  square  feet  floor 
area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  Chinese  section  houses;  5,540  square 
feet  floor  area  of  freight  sheds;  5,584  square  feet  floor  area  of 
offices  and  dwellings;  1,892  square  feet  floor  area  of  tool,  coal  and 
miscellaneous  sheds;  1,860  square  fee;t  floor  area  of  water  closets; 
1,260  square  feet  floor  area  of  oil,  sand  and  pump  houses;  30,762 
square  feet  of  miscellaneous  platforms;  3,600  square  feet  floor  area 
of  ice  houses;  15,358  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard 
stockyards;  one  set  of  50-ton  track  scales;  60  water  barrels;  and 
fire  protection,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  ot 
reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $520. 


No.  18. 

That  that  portion  of  the  branch  line  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & 
Navigation  Company  owned  and  operated  by  it  extending  from  Bolles 
to  Turner,  and  being  25.06  miles  in  length,  was  built,  that  portion 
from  Bolles  to  Dayton  by  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation  Company 
in  the  year  1881  as  hereinbefore  stated,  and  that  portion  from  Dayton 
to  Turner,  being  11.8  miles  in  length,  being  constructed  by  the  Oregon 
Railroad  & Navigation  Company  in  the  year  1899;  that  portion  from 
Dayton  to  Turner  cost  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company, 
including  betterments  and  improvements,  down  to  the  30th  day  of 
June,  1907,  tne  sum  of  $218,646.32. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  that  portion  of  the 
branch  from  Bolles  to  Turner  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  331,193 
cubic  yards  of  earth  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  1,465  cubic 


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yards  of  loose  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  9,084  cubic 
yards  of  solid  rock  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  and  2,501 
cubic  yards  of  special  earth  a distance  of  not  to  exceed  300  feet;  and 
to  place  312  cubic  yards  riprap  and  to  clear  3 acres,  and  of  the 
quantities  above  mentioned  it  would  be  necessary  to  move  an  equiva- 
lent of  242,736  cubic  yards  a distance  of  100  feet  in  excess  of  the  said 
300  feet  free  haul  allowance. 

That  along  the  said  line  there  is  now  6,304  lineal  feet  of  side 
track  the  grading  for  which  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities 
above  mentioned,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of 
reproducing  the  same  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  forty  cents  per 
lineal  foot. 

That  since  the  original  construction  of  the  said  branch,  the  grade 
and  banks  have  been  widened  necessitating  the  placing  of  41,051  cubic 
yards  of  material,  which  is  not  included  in  the  grading  quantities 
above  mentioned. 

That  to  reproduce  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  on  said  line 
it  would  be  necessary  to  construct  888  lineal  feet  of  pile  bridges,  168 
lineal  feet  of  frame  trestles;  676  lineal  feet  of  combination  pile  and 
frame  bridges;  340,788  feet  B.  M.  of  timber  in  culverts;  and  wooden 
boxes;  24  feet  of  18-inch  cast  iron  pipe;  24  feet  of  24-inch  cast  iron 
pipe;  48  feet  of  30-inch  cast  iron  pipe,  and  112  feet  of  18-inch  cor- 
rugated steel  pipe,  and  96  feet  of  12-inch  vitrified  pipe.  That  since  the 
original  construction  there  has  been  15,568  cubic  yards  of  material  used 
in  filling  bridges  and  trestles,  and  the  same  is  not  included  in  the 
grading  quantities  above  set  out. 

That  to  reproduce  the  said  line  including  the  side  tracks,  in  the 
condition  in  which  the  same  now  is,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  85,442 
ties. 

That  to  reproduce  the  said  line,  including  the  side  tracks,  in  the 
condition  in  which  the  same  now  is,  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay 
2,573.20  tons  of  steel  rails,  the  same  requiring  345,472  lbs.  of  splices, 
33,671  lbs.  of  bolts,  183,632  lbs.  of  spikes,  3,460  rail  braces,  and  3,020 
lbs.  of  nut  locks,  and  frogs  and  switches,  which  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  are  estimated  to  cost  $4,560.00 
in  place. 

That  to  reproduce  the  ballast  on  said  line  it  would  be  necessary 
to  ballast  with  earth  25.6  miles,  which  for  the  purpose  of  reproduc- 
tion is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $600.00  per  mile. 

That  to  reproduce  the  line  in  its  present  condition,  it  would  be 
necessary  to  lay  29.28  miles  of  track,  which  for  the  purpose  of  ascer- 
taining the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost  the  sum  of  $700.00 
per  mile. 

That  it  would  be  necessary,  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  line  in 
its  present  condition,  to  construct  44  miles  of  barbed  wire  fence.  That 
the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs  along  that  portion  of  the  line 
would  cost,  at  present  prices,  to  reproduce  new,  the  sum  of  $1,994.50. 

That  the  interest  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company 


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in  the  telegraph  lines  along  said  line  would  cost  to  reproduce  new 
the  sum  of  $756.56. 

That  tne  station  buildings  along  said  line  consist  of  1,536  square 
feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  two-story  station  buildings; 
1,980  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  one-story  station 
buildings;  and  4,452  square  feet  floor  area  of  station  platforms;  and 
the  furniture  and  fixtures  for  the  said  station  buildings  along  said 
line,  would  cost  to  reproduce  new  the  sum  of  $971.50. 

That  the  shops,  round  houses  and  turn  tables  along  said  lin 
consist  of  1,120  square  feet  floor  area  of  frame  shops;  one  1-stall  frame 
engine  house;  one  50-foot  steel  turn  table;  which  turn  table  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost 
the  sum  of  $2,500.00;  two  60-foot  turn  tables,  which  for  the  purpose 
of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  are  estimated  to  cost  $3,000.00 
each. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  water  stations  along  said  line  new, 
it  would  cost  the  sum  of  $2,050.00. 

That  tne  storage  warehouses  along  the  said  line  consist  of  25,180 
square  feet  floor  area. 

That  the  miscellaneous  structures  along  said  portion  of  said  branch 
line  consist  of  656  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N.  standard 
White  ^section  houses;  268  square  feet  floor  area  of  O.  R.  & N. 
standard  Chinese  section  houses;  1,896  square  feet  floor  area  of 
freight  sheds;  1,081  square  feet  floor  area  of  tool,  coal  and  miscel- 
laneous sheds;  192  square  feet  floor  area  of  water  closets;  2,704 
square  feet  floor  area  of  miscellaneous  platforms;  8,652  square  feet 
of  O.  R.  & N.  standard  stock  yards,  and  50  water  barrels. 


That  during  the  time  that  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation 
Company’s  lines  were  in  the  hands  of  a receiver  the  operating  ac- 
counts were  not  correctly  kept  so  as  to  show  the  proper  division 
between  betterments  and  improvements  and  operating  expenses,  and 
during  said  time  betterments  and  improvements  were  made  on  said 
line  amounting  to  the  sum  of  $16,882.23  which  were  charged  to  oper 
ating  expenses  instead  of  betterments  and  improvements,  and  which 
sum  is  properly  chargeable  to  the  lines  in  the  state  of  Washington 
as  part  of  the  original  cost. 

No.  20. 

That  the  average  height  of  the  pile  bridges  on  all  of  the  lines, 
main  and  branch,  hereinbefore  referred  to  is  twelve  feet. 

That  tne  average  height  of  the  frame  trestles  on  all  of  the  said 
lines  hereinbefore  referred  to  is  13  feet. 

That  the  average  height  of  the  combination  pile  and  frame  trestles 
hereinbefore  referred  to  is  14  feet. 

That  the  average  height  of  the  high  frame  trestles  hereinbefore 
referred  to  is  70  feet. 


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That  the  average  height  of  the  pile  approaches  hereinbefore  referred 
to  is  20  feet 

That  the  average  height  of  the  frame  approaches  hereinbefore 
referred  to  is  15  feet. 

That  the  average  height  of  the  combination  pile  and  frame  ap- 
proaches hereinbefore  referred  to  is  15  feet. 


21. 

That  the  rail  lines  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company 
situate  in  the  state  of  Washington,  and  hereinbefore  referred  to,  as 
shown  by  the  books  and  records  of  the  said  railroad  company,  exclu- 
sive of  equipment,  and  exclusive  of  the  terminal  grounds  in  the  city 
of  Spokane  owned  by  the  Spokane  Union  Depot  Company,  cost  the 
sum  of  $11,079,688.93. 

That  included  in  said  amount  is  the  moneys  paid  for  engineering, 
superintendents  and  inspection,  right  of  way,  lands,  depot  grounds 
(excluding  the  terminals  in  Spokane)  moneys  expended  for  grading, 
clearing  and  grubbing,  tunnels,  bridges  and  trestles,  culverts,  ties, 
rails,  track  fastenings,  frogs  and  switches,  ballast,  track  laying  and 
surfacing,  fencing,  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs,  telegraph  lines, 
station  buildings  and  fixtures,  section  houses,  engine  houses,  and 
shops,  turn  tables,  shop  machinery  and  tools,  water  stations  and  mis- 
cellaneous structures  and  moneys  spent  for  legal  expenses;  the  sum 
Oi.  $279,101.57  expended  for  interest  and  discount  during  construction, 
and  said  sum  also  includes  the  amount  shown  on  their  books  for  gen- 
eral taxes  and  general  expenses  during  construction.  That  in  order 
to  reproduce  the  said  line  in  the  condition  in  which  they  were  on  the 
30th  day  of  June,  1907,  (all  material  and  structures  being  considered 
as  new)  exclusive  of  equipment,  exclusive  of  right  of  way,  terminal 
grounds,  lands  and  real  estate,  and  exclusive  of  any  allowance  for 
discount  and  stores  on  hand,  it  would  cost  the  sum  of  $11,507,255.92. 
That  included  in  said  sum  is  the  cost  of  engineering,  superintendend- 
ence  and  inspection  estimated  at  $363,206.34.  That  the  total  amount 
charged  for  engineering,  superintendence  and  inspection  in  the  orig- 
inal construction  of  said  lines  was  the  sum  of  $348,286.99. 

That  included  in  said  estimate  of  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  an 
allowance  for  legal  and  general  expenses  amounting  to  the  sum  of 
8103,811.80. 

Tnat  the  amount  paid  for  legal  and  general  expenses  as  shown  by 
the  books  of  the  said  company,  for  the  original  construction  of  said 
line,  was  the  sum  of  $53,811.03. 

That  during  the  construction  of  many  of  the  lines  in  Washington, 
the  legal  and  general  expenses  properly  chargeable  to  such  con- 
struction were  largely  borne  by  the  parent  company,  to-wit,  the  Ore- 
gon Railway  & Navigation  Company,  and  such  charges  would  not, 
therefore,  be  made  against  the  particular  lines. 

That  included  in  such  estimate  of  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  an 


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allowance  for  interest  during  construction  amounting  to  the  sum  of 
$647,857.76. 

That  the  amount  charged  for  interest,  including  discounts,  as  shown 
by  the  books  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company,  during 
the  construction  of  said  line,  was  the  sum  of  $279,101.57. 

That  the  said  lines  were  constructed  in  small  sections,  the  moneys 
advanced  by  the  parent  company  the  Oregon  Railway  & Navigation 
Company,  and  in  some  instances  no  charge  was  made  for  interest 
during  construction. 

That  all  of  said  lines  were  constructed  on  an  average  of  less  than 
one  year  from  the  time  construction  was  commenced  thereon. 

That  two  years  would  be  a reasonable  time  within  which  to  re- 
construct the  said  lines.  That  an  allowance  of  one  year’s  interest 
would  be  a reasonable  allowance  for  the  money  that  would  be  in- 
vested during  such  construction. 

That  included  in  the  said  cost  of  reproduction  is  an  allowance  of 
$64,601.00  for  channeling  (which  covers  changes  of  channels  of 
streams) . 

That  included  in  the  said  cost  of  reproduction  is  an  allowance 
of  $23,021.00  for  shop  machinery  and  tools. 

No.  22. 

That  as  before  stated  the  real  estate,  lands,  station  buildings  and 
terminal  grounds  used  and  operated  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navi- 
gation Company  in  the  City  of  Spokane,  are  owned  by  the  Spokane 
Union  Depot  Company,  a corporation,  the  capital  stock  of  which  appears 
to  be  owned  and  controlled  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation 
Company  and  the  property  is  leased  to  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navi- 
gation Company,  and  operated  as  a part  of  its  system,  and  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  value  of  the  property  owned  by  the  Ore- 
gon Railroad  & Navigation  Company,  the  said  property  is  treated  in 
these  findings  as  being  owned  by  it. 

That  the  Spokane  Union  Depot  Company  and  the  Oregon  Railroad 
& Navigation  Company  have  expended  in  purchasing  lands,  grading, 
improving,  track  laying,  and  in  betterments  and  improvements  down 
to  the  30th  day  of  June,  1907,  on  such  property,  not  including  the 
Jenkins  property  hereinafter  referred  to,  the  sum  of  $1,030,824.00  of 
which  $753,751.45  is  charged  to  lands  and  depot  grounds  and  which 
last  mentioned  disbursement  and  sum  is  made  up  of  the  following 
items:  $151.45  in  cash,  4,996  shares  of  stock  of  the  Spokane  Union 
Depot  Company  of  the  par  value  of  $499,600.00,  first  mortgage  bonds 
of  the  Spokane  Union  Depot  Company  in  the  sum  of  $254,000.00,  said 
first  mortgage  bonds,  capital  stock  and  the  said  sum  of  $151.45  in 
cash,  being  paid  to  the  Seattle  Lake  Shore  and  Eastern  Railway  Com- 
pany as  the  purchase  price  of  the  Spokane  Union  Depot  grounds. 
That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  grading  on  the  said  grounds  it  would 
be  necessary  to  move  114,585  cubic  yards  of  solid  rock  excavation; 


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211,759  cubic  yards  of  cpmmon  excavation;  it  would  be  necessary  to 
place  19,349  ties;  it  would  be  necessary  to  lay  720.73  tons  of  steel 
rai!s  necessitating  the  use  of  track  fastenings  as  follows:  9,720  pounds 
of  56-pound  fish  plates,  95,499  pounds  of  CO-pound  angle  bars;  9,477 
pounds  of  bolts;  3,401  rail  braces  and  40,814  pounds  of  spikes. 

And  it  would  be  necessary  to  place  forty-two  60-pound  No.  8 % frogs 
with  split  switches,  complete;  three  56-pound  No.  8 y2  frogs  with  stub 
switches  complete. 

It  would  be  necessary  to  lay  7.73  miles  of  track,  which  for  the 
purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated  to  cost 
the  sum  of  $700. u0  per  mile: 

That  it  would  be  necessary  to  ballast  7.73  miles  of  track,  which 
for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  cost  of  reproduction  is  estimated 
to  cost  $1,500.00  per  mile. 

That  in  order  to  reproduce  the  said  terminal  grounds  in  their  pres- 
ent condition,  it  would  be  necessary  to  erect  a passenger  depot, 
freight  house,  office  building,  coal  and  ice  houses,  section  house, 
store  house,  engine  house,  blacksmith  shop,  sixty-foot  steel  turn  table, 
track  scales,  water  stations  and  fire  protection  for  freight  depot. 

That  the  Spokane  Union  Depot  Company  and  the  Oregon  Railroad 
<fc  Navigation  Company  have  expended  for  construction  of  their  line 
including  grading,  the  erection  and  construction  of  all  buildings  and 
improvements  on  said  lands  down  to  the  30th  day  of  June,  1907,  as 
appears  from  the  accounting  records  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navi- 
gation Company,  the  sum  of  $277,072.55. 

That  the  said  accounting  records  show  that  there  has  been  ex- 
pended for  rails  on  said  terminal  grounds  the  sum  of  $7,243.41, 
whereas  a greater  amount  has  necessarily  been  expended  for  such 
rails,  and  said  accounting  records  show  that  there  has  been  expended 
for  ties  $2,398.00  whereas  a much  greater  amount  has  been  expended, 
and  the  Commission  finds  that  a greater  sum  has  been  expended 
than  . as  snown  by  the  accounting  records. 

That  it  would  cost  to  reproduce  the  improvements  on  the  said 
Spokane  terminal  grounds,  in  their  present  condition,  new,  in  cash, 
the  sum  of  $421,527.20. 

\ No.  23. 

That  after  a railroad  is  originally  constructed  and  after  the  same  is 
turned  over  to  the  operating  department,  improvements  are  constantly 
made  in  the  grading  and  surfacing  of  the  road  by  section  men  and  by 
'he  operating  department  of  the  road,  the  expenditure  of  which  in 
necessarily  charged  to  the  cost  of  operation,  and  that  for  approxi- 
mately five  years  after  such  road  is  turned  over  to  the  operating 
department  the  grade  undergoes  what  is  known  as  seasoning  and 
after  said  term  of  five  years  said  grade  has  appreciated  in  value  and 
is  approximately  of  a value  ten  per  cent,  greater  than  its  value 
would  be  at  the  time  the  same  was  turned  over  to  the  operating  de- 
partment 


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That  the  tunnels  remain  of  approximately  the  same  value  and 
neiiher  appreciate  nor  depreciate. 

That  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  depreciate  annually  wooden 
bridges  materially  and  steel  and  iron  bridges  but  slightly,  and  that 
the  present  value  of  the  bridges,  trestles  and  culverts  along  all  the 
lines  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  is  approxi- 
mately 84.3  per  cent,  of  the  cost  of  reproduction  new. 

That  the  ties,  untreated,  have  an  average  life  of  approximately 
seven  years,  and  that  as  the  same  are  renewed  from  time  to  time 
the  expense  is  chargeable  to  operating  expenses. 

That  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  have  from  time 
to  time  renewed  their  ties  and  the  present  value  of  the  ties  is  ap- 
proximately fifty  per  cent,  of  the  cost  of  reproducing  the  same  new. 

That  the  rails,  track  fastenings,  and  frogs  and  switches  have  de- 
preciated so  that  the  present  value  of  the  same  is  approximately 
seventy-five  percent,  of  the  cost  of  reproducing  the  same  new. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  fencing  is  sixty  per  cent,  of  its 
original  value. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  crossings,  cattle  guards  and  signs 
is  approximately  50%  of  its  value  new. 

That  the  interlocking  and  signal  apparatus,  telegraph  lines,  bal- 
last and  track  laying  and  surfacing  is  an  equal  value  as  its  original 
cost. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  station  buildings  and  fixtures  is  ap- 
proximately 53.3%  of  its  value  new. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  shops,  round  houses  and  turn  tables 
is  approximately  63%  of  its  value  new. 

That  the  value  of  the  shop  machinery  and  tools  and  water  stations 
is  approximately  75%  of  its  value  new. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  fuel  stations  is  approximately  49% 
of  its  value  new. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  storage  warehouses  is  approximately 
61%  of  its  value  new. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  miscellaneous  structures  is  ap- 
proximately 57.4%  of  its  value  new. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  section  equipment  is  approximately 
70%  of  its  value  new. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  property  mentioned  in  finding  No. 
19  in  its  present  condition,  allowing  for  appreciation  and  deprecia- 
tion, basing  the  same  solely  upon  the  cost  of  reprod action  is  the  sum 
of  $10,254,717.76. 

No.  24, 

That  the  total  equipment  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation 
Company  on  its  entire  line  in  Washington,  Oregon  and  Idaho  con- 
sists of  158  locomotives,  and  the  locomotive  mileage  in  the  state  of 
Washington  is  29.7  per  cent,  of  the  locomotive  mileage  of  the  system; 
sixty  coaches  and  chair  cars  and  the  car  mileage  of  coach  and  chair 
cars  in  the  state  of  Washington  is  31.6  percent,  of  the  coach  and  chair 


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car  mileage  of  the  entire  system;  10  dining  and  buffet  cars  and  the 
car  mileage  of  such  dining  and  buffet  cars  in  the  state  of  Washington 
is  26  percent  of  the  dining  and  buffet  car  mileage  of  the  entire  system; 
35  baggage,  express  and  postal  cars,  and  the  car  mileage  on  such 
equipment  in  the  state  of  Washington  is  26.3  per  cent  of  the  mileage 
for  such  equipment  of  the  entire  system;  5 combination  coach  and 
baggage  cars,  the  car  mileage  of  such  equipment  in  the  state  of  Wash- 
ington being  26.3  percent  of  the  car  mileage  of  such  equipment  for 
the  entire  system;  82  coal  cars,  227  flat  cars,  297  stock  cars,  1,812 
box  cars,  160  furniture  cars,  7 refrigerator  cars,  45  oil  tanks,  20  steel 
ore  cars,  4 combination  box  and  stock  cars,  and  the  car  mileage  in 
the  state  of  Washington  of  such  equipment  is  25  percent  of  the 
total  car  mileage  on  such  equipment  for  the  entire  system;  4 busi- 
ness (company  service)  cars,  the  car  mileage  of  which  in  the  state 
of  Washington  represents  31.6  percent  of  the  car  mileage  of  such 
equipment  for  the  entire  system;  44  cabooses,  the  car  mileage  on 
such  cabooses  in  the  state  of  Washington  being  25  percent  of  the 
car  mileage  on  such  equipment  for  the  entire  system. 

Road  and  miscellaneous  cars  as  follows:  248  ballast  cars,  1 
flanger,  2 rotary  snow  plows,  8 derrick  cars,  2 pile  drivers,  8 water 
cars,  2 ballast  spreaders,  2 ballast  unloaders,  one  gravel  plow,  2 steam 
shovels,  374  work  cars,  5 coal  cars,  15  flat  cars,  6 old  coaches,  one  old 
observation  car,  one  clam  shell  and  one  outfit  car,  the  car  mileage 
on  such  equipment  in  the  state  of  Washington  being  27.6  percent  of 
the  car  mileage  on  such  equipment  for  the  entire  system.  That  the 
records  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  have  been 
so  kept  that  their  equipment  account  fails  to  show  the  amount 
of  money  expended  for  the  purchase  of  the  particular  equipment  above 
referred  to,  such  equipment  account  showing  the  amounts  expended 
for  all  equipment  used,  irrespective  of  whether  the  same  is  now  in 
existence  or  not.  The  Commission  finds  by  estimating  that  the  equip- 
ment above  described  cost  the  sum  of  $1,274,496.80. 

hat  it  would  cost  to  reproduce  that  portion  of  the  equipment  ap- 
plicable to  the  state  of  Washington,  based  upon  the  different  equip- 
ment mileage  above  set  out,  new,  in  cash,  the  sum  of  $1,499,408.00. 

That  the  present  average  value  of  the  locomotives  is  71.7  percent 
of  their  value  new. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  coaches  and  chair  cars  is  66%  of 
their  value  new. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  dining  and  buffet  cars  is  80%  of  their 
value  new. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  baggage,  express  and  postal  cars  is 
60%  of  their  value  new. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  combination  cars  is  20%  of  their 
value  new. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  freight  cars  is  56%  of  their  value  new. 

That  the  present  value  of  the  company  service  equipment  is  55.4% 
of  their  value  new. 


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That  the  present  fair,  cash,  market  value  of  the  equipment  prop- 
erly chargable  to  the  state  of  Washington,  based  on  the  equipment 
mileage  before  stated,  on  the  30th  day  of  June,  1907,  was  and  is  the 
sum  of  $921,360.00. 

No.  25. 

That  the  lines  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  in 
the  state  of  Washington  extend  through  a highly  developed  and  rich 
agricultural  section  producing  annually  large  quantities  of  wheat  and 
grain,  which  wheat  and  grain  is  shipped  over  the  lines  of  the  Ore- 
gon Railroad  & Navigation  Company  to  Portland,  Oregon,  either  in 
its  natural  condition  or  in  flour  and  mill  feed,  large  portions  of 
such  wheat  and  grain  and  flour  being  exported  to  foreign  markets. 
That  along  the  line  of  the  said  railroad  there  are  many  warehouses 
owned  by  private  individuals,  situate  upon  the  company’s  right  of 
way  affording  good  facilities  for  storage  and  shipment  of  such  grains 
and  by  reason  thereof  adding  great  value  to  the  lines  of  the  said 
railroad.  That  as  before  stated  the  lines  of  the  said  road  in  Wash- 
ington, are  a part  of  the  system  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Naviga- 
tion Company  having  its  terminals  at  Portland. 

That  the  said  railroad  company  owns  in  Portland  large  terminal 
grounds  and  owns  docks  and  ware  houses  and  along  its  line  in  Port- 
land there  are  constructed  and  in  operation  large  docks  and  ware- 
houses owned  by  private  individuals,  all  of  which  docks  and  ware- 
houses afford  ample  facilities  for  the  handling  and  storing  of  the  wheat 
and  grain,  and  ample  facilities  for  the  transhipment  of  the  same 
from  the  rail  lines  to  water  lines,  which  facilities  owned  by  the 
Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  and  owned  by  private  in- 
dividuals are  of  great  value  to  the  lines  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  and 
Navigation  Company  situate  within  the  state  of  Washington,  in  that 
it  permits  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  to  afford  ample 
facilities  to  the  shippers  along  its  line  to  handle  and  care  for  the 
product  of  the  soil  in  an  advantageous  manner. 

That  a very  large  proportion  of  the  business  transacted  by  the 
Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  is  interstate  business,  that 
is  to  say,  business  originating  in  Washington,  passing  over  the  lines 
in  Washington  and  over  the  lines  in  Oregon  destined  to  Portland,  and 
business  originating  in  Portland,  passing  over  the  lines  of  the  Ore- 
gon Railroad  and  Navigation  Company  in  Oregon  and  over  the  lines 
of  the  said  Company  in  Washington. 

That  the  terminals  in  the  city  of  Spokane,  hereinbefore  referred 
to  are  required  largely  by  the  said  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation 
Company  in  the  conduct  of  its  interstate  business  and  give  an  increased 
value  to  the  entire  system  of  the  said  company  and  to  each  mile  of 
its  road  wherever  situate. 

No.  26. 

That  included  in  said  buildings  and  structures  along  the  line  of 
the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company,  are  certain  warehouses 


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aggregating  40,769  square  feet  floor  area,  estimated  to  cost  new 
the  sum  of  $40,769.00,  and  having  a present  value  of  $24,889.19.  These 
warehouses  are  used  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company 
in  its  capacity  as  a warehouseman  and  not  in  its  capacity  as  a com- 
mon carrier,  the  same  being  used  for  the  storage  of  grain  in  the  same 
manner  as  warehouses  along  its  line  owned  by  private  individuals. 


No.  28. 

That  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  have  their  gen- 
eral shops  for  repairing  and  constructing  equipment  and  such  general 
repairs  as  are  necessary  in  the  operation  of  a railroad  in  the  city  of 
Portland,  Oregon. 

That  such  repair  shops  are  necessary  for  the  conduct  and  opera- 
tion of  a railroad  and  adds  greatly  to  the  value  of  the  rail  lines  of 
the  said  company  in  the  state  of  Washington. 


No.  28. 

That  the  right  of  way,  terminal  grounds  and  real  estate  used  by 
said  railroad  company  for  railroad  purposes,  exclusive  of  the  Spokane 
terminals  owned  by  the  Spokane  Union  Depot  Company,  and  herein- 
before referred  to,  cost  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company, 
the  sum  of  $320,530.51.  Which  sum  is,  however,  included  within  the 
cost  of  construction  of  the  different  portions  of  said  lines  hereinbefore 
given. 

No.  29. 

That  in  order  to  acquire  lands  for  right-of-way  it  is  necessary  for 
such  railroads  to  pay,  in  addition  to  the  actual  market  value  of  the 
lands  taken,  a sum  ranging  from  the  actual  value  to  500  percent  ad- 
dition to  such  market  value,  to  cover  consequential  damages  to  lands 
not  taken  and  because  of  the  necessities  of  the  railroads  to  have  the 
particular  piece  of  land  sought  as  necessary  for  their  right-of-way. 


No.  30. 

That  it  would  cost  at  the  present  time  to  reproduce  the  right  of 
way,  lands  and  terminal  grounds  of  the  said  railroad,  used  for  rail- 
road purposes,  and  such  as  it  now  owns  which  in  the  immediate 
future  will  be  necessary  for  it  to  use  for  railroad  purposes,  the  sum 
of  $2,248,169.73,  which  sum  is  divided  along  the  line  of  said  railroad 
as  follows: 

That  part  of  the  main  line  of  the  said  Oregon  Railroad  & Navi- 
gation Company  extending  from  the  southeasterly  limits  of  the  city 
of  Spokane  to  the  Southerly  boundary  of  Spokane  County,  the  sum  of 
$156,430.50. 

That  portion  of  the  main  line  extending  from  the  south  boundary 
of  Spokane  County  down  to  the  Snake  River  and  all  being  in  Whitman 
County,  the  sum  of  $451,695.27. 

That  portion  of  the  main  line  in  Columbia  County  extending  from 
Riparia  to  the  East  boundary  of  Walla  Walla  County,  the  sum  of 
$11,448.00. 


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All  of  that  portion  of  the  main  line  extending  from  the  boundary 
between  Columbia  and  Walla  Walla  counties  to  the  Washington- 
Oregon  state  line,  the  sum  of  $61,362.15. 

That  portion  of  the  branch  line  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navi- 
gation Company  extending  from  Fairfield  to  Waverly  in  Spokane 
County,  the  sum  of  $7,944.00. 

That  portion  of  the  branch  lines  of  the  said  railroad  in'  Whitman 
County  extending  from  Tekoa  to  the  state  line,  from  Connell  to  the 
Idaho  State  line  and  from  La  Crosse  to  the  Adams  County  line,  the 
sum  of  $120,169.06. 

That  portion  of  the  branch  line  extending  from  Connell  to  the 
boundary  between  Adams  and  Franklin  Counties,  the  sum  of  $30,000.00. 

That  portion  of  the  branch  line  extending  through  Adams  County 
the  sum  of  $9,019.60. 

All  that  portion  of  the  branch  line  in  Columbia  County  extending 
from  Grange  City  to  the  Columbia-Walla  Walla  County  boundary  line 
and  from  Starbuck  to  the  Columbia-Garfield  county  line,  and  from 
the  Columbia-Walla  Walla  codnty  line  to  Turner,  the  sum  of  $109,455.48. 

That  portion  of  the  branch  line  in  Garfield  County  extending  from 
the  Garfield-Columbia  County  line  to  Pomeroy,  the  sum  of  $38,331.36. 

All  that  portion  of  the  branch  line  in  Walla  Walla  County  extending 
from  Bolles  Junction  Northerly  to  the  Walla  Walla-Columbia  county 
line,  and  from  Bolles  Junction  easterly  to  the  Walla  Wnlla-Columbia 
county  line  and  extending  from  Bolles  Junction  to  the  northerly 
limits  of  Walla  Walla,  and  extending  from  the  Oregon-Washington 
state  line  to  the  southerly  limits  of  Walla  Walla,  and  extending  from 
the  westerly  limits  of  Walla  Walla  to  Wallula  the  sum  of  $169,074.46. 

All  that  portion  of  the  branch  line  extending  from  Seltice  to 
Winona,  the  sum  of  $136,000.00. 

And  that  portion  of  the  line  between  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
city  of  Walla  Walla,  the  sum  of  $122,350.60. 

That  it  would  cost  to  reproduce  the  lands  embraced  within  the 
right  of  way  and  terminals  at  Spokane,  owned  by  the  Spokane  Union 
Depot  Company  but  operated  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation 
Company,  the  sum  of  $824,883.75,  not  including  the  property  known 
as  the  Jenkins  tracts  hereinafter  referred  to. 


No.  31. 

That  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  own  in  the 
city  of  Spokane  in  addition  to  the  property  hereinbefore  described 
as  the  Union  Depot  Grounds,  two  tracts  of  land  purchased  from  D. 
P.  Jenkins,  one  of  such  tracts  of  land  being  bounded  by  Monroe, 
Mallon,  Gardner,  and  the  Westerly  limits  of  Jefferson  street,  and 
constituting  464,625  square  feet,  and  a triangular  piece  bounded  by 
Mallon,  Mpnroe,  center  of  Mill  street  and  the  right-of-way  of  the  St. 
Paul,  Minneapolis  and  Manitoba  railroad  company,  and  containing 
340,027  square  feet.  That  said  property  is  of  the  reasonable  market 
value  and  it  would  cost  to  reproduce  the  same  the  sum  of  $225,000.00. 


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That  such  property  is  not  used  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Naviga- 
tion Company  for  railroad  purposes. 

That  it  is  the  intention  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation 
Company  to  extend  its  lines  on  to  said  property  and  lease  the  same 
for  warehouse  purposes,  and  the  Commission  finds  that  the  same  is 
not  now  necessary,  nor  will  the  same  be  necessary  in  the  immediate 
future,  for  railroad  purposes,  and  that  the  same  is  commercial  prop- 
erty and  used  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  for 
Commercial  purposes. 

No.  32. 

That  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  own,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  property  hereinbefore  referred  to,  in  the  city  of  Walla 
Walla  a tract  of  land  irregular  in  shape,  North  of  Rose  street  and 
east  of  a line  200  feet  east  of  the  center  line  of  the  main  track  of 
the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company,  lying  North  of  Rose 
street  and  east  of  Ritz  Ave.,  said  property  being  what  is  known  as 
the  McCauley,  • Miller  & McCool  tracts,  containing  approximately  24 
acres  of  land.  That  said  property  is  not  used  by  the  Oregon  Railroad 
& Navigation  Company  for  Railroad  purposes. 

That  the  same  is  intended  to  be  used  by  it  for  warehouse  purposes 
said  railroad  company  intending  to  extend  its  tracks  on  said  property 
for  the  purpose  of  accommodating  such  warehouses  and  affording  facili- 
ties therefor,  and  the  same  is  not  necessary  now  or  in  the  immediate 
future  for  the  use  of  said  company  for  railroad  purposes  and  the  Com- 
mission finds  the  same  to  be  commercial  property. 

That  the  said  property  last  above  described  is  of  the  value  of  ap- 
proximately $116,000.00. 

No.  33. 

That  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  traverses  the 
counties  of  Spokane,  Whitman,  Adams,  Franklin,  Garfield,  Columbia, 
and  Walla  Walla. 

That  said  counties  have  an  area  of  9,707  square  miles  and  a popu- 
lation of  222,610  people. 

That  said  company  carries  annually  over  its  lines  in  the  state  of 
Washington  approximately  1,260,000  tons  of  freight,  State  and  Inter- 
state, aggregating  approximately  140,000,000  ton  miles  of  freight 
carried  annually,  and  over  its  lines  in  the  state  of  Washington  and 
carried  annually  approximately  550,000  passengers,  state  and  inter- 
state, aggregating  40,000,000  passengers  carried  one  mile. 


No.  34. 

That  in  order  to  operate  the  railroad  it  is  necessary  for  the  road 
to  have  constantly  on  hand  stores  and  supplies  to  meet  exigencies 
as  they  arise. 

That  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  has  now  on 
hand,  stores  and  supplies,  for  use  upon  its  lines  within  the  state  of 


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Washington  and  necessary  therefor,  of  the  reasonable  market  value 
of  $241,335.00. 

That  said  stores  on  hand  consist  of  all  kinds  of  material  entering 
into  the  construction,  improvement,  betterment  and  operation  of  a 
road  and  when  the  same  are  used  to  repair,  improve  or  use  in  opera- 
tion, they  are  charged  up  to  operating  expenses  or  improvements  and 
betterments  as  the  facts  may  justify. 


No.  35. 

That  of  the  ties  hereinbefore  set  out  as  being  necessary  to  be 
laid  in  the  main  line  approximately  50  per  cent  of  such  ties  are 
burnettized. 

And  of  the  ties  hereinbefore  mentioned  as  being  necessary  to  be 
laid  to  reproduce  the  terminals  at  Spokane  all  of  such  ties  are  burnet- 
tized. 

No.  36. 

That  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company’s  lines  through 
Eastern  Washington  traverse  a rich  agricultural  section  producing 
annually  large  quantities  of  grain  destined  for  shipment  over  the  lines 
of  the  said  railroad  company  in  car  load  lots  including  approximately 
15,000,000  million  bushels  of  wheat  annually.  Large  quantities  of  the 
wheat,  or  its  product  in  flour,  is  carried  over  the  lines  of  the  Oregon 
Railroad  and  Navigation  Company  to  Portland  and  after  arriving  at 
its  destination  in  Portland  is  shipped  to  foreign  ports.  That  along  the 
line  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  in  the  state  of 
Washington,  there  is  adequate  warehouse  facilities  for  the  handling 
or  storage  of  grain,  which  ware  houses  are  owned  “and  operated, 
excepting  as  to  the  warehouses  approximating  in  value  $40,769.00, 
hereinbefore  referred  to,  by  private  individuals  as  warehousemen,  but 
which  warehouses  add  greatly  to  the  facilities  for  freight  shipment, 
and  add  to  the  value  of  the  railroad  lines. 


No.  37. 

That  since  the  construction  of  the  lines  of  the  Oregon  Railroad 
& Navigation  Company  through  the  state  of  Washington,  said  company 
has  annually  expended  large  sums  of  money  advertising  and  exploit- 
ing the  resources  of  the  country  adjacent  to  its  line  and  has  en- 
couraged immigration  along  its  lines  so  that  the  country  adjacent  and 
tributary  to  its  lines  has  a comparatively  large  population  and  great 
density  of  traffic  compared  with  other  portions  of  the  state  of  Wash- 
ington, which  density  of  traffic  and  population  add  value  to  the  said 
lines. 

No.  38. 

(In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Com- 
pany introduced  testimony  tending  to  show  the  value  of  the  terminals 
and  shops  owned  by  it  in  the  state  of  Oregon,  the  Commission  makes 
the  following  finding:) 

The  Commission  finds  that  of  the  property  described  as  the  Al- 


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bina  yards  and  terminals,  that  a strip  of  land  lying  along  the  Wil- 
lamette River  and  having  a frontage  on  said  river  of  6,353  feet,  such 
portions  as  are  now  in  use  are  used  by  the  said  Company  for  com- 
mercial purposes,  and  that  such  river  frontage  is  not  required  for 
railroad  purposes,  and  that  such  river  frontage  has  a value  of 
$635,300.00. 

The  Commission  further  finds  that  of  that  portion  in  section  21,  all 
except  a small  portion  used  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation 
Company  for  its  track  running  to  the  Portland  Flouring  mill  and  its 
track  running  to  St.  Johns,  is  not  now  in  use  nor  is  the  same  neces- 
sary for  the  use  of  the  company  in  the  operation  of  its  railroad. 

That  all  that  portion  in  section  28  except  the  strip  of  land  covered 
by  tracks  adjoining  the  river  frontage  property  hereinbefore  mentioned 
is  not  now  used  nor  is  the  same  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  said 
company  for  railroad  purposes. 

That  the  reasonable  value  to  be  allowed  for  that  portion  of  the 
Albina  property  in  Portland  used  by  the  company,  and  such  as  would 
be  necessary  for  its  use  in  the  immediate  future  is  the  sum  of 
$650,000.00. 

The  Commission  finds  that  the  reasonable  market  value  of  the 
property  owned  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  in 
Portland,  known  as  the  Alaska  Dock  and  the  Ainsworth  dock,  is  the 
sum  of  $997,874.00. 

The  Commission  finds  that  the  Northern  Pacific  Terminal  Com- 
pany of  Oregon  is  a corporation  and  that  it  owns  extensive  and  valu- 
able terminals  in  the  city  of  Portland. 

That  the  terminal  grounds  were  procured  by  such  terminal  com- 
pany and  the  improvements  thereon  constructed  by  moneys  raised 
from  the  sale  of  bonds  of  the  Northern  Pacific  Terminal  Company, 
which  bonds  are  still  outstanding. 

That  the  Northern  Pacific  Terminal  company  operates  its  property 
under  a contract  between  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  Company,  the 
Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company  and  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Naviga- 
tion Company,  its  earnings  to  be  applied  to  the  satisfaction  and  re- 
tiring of  the  bonds  of  said  company,  the  stock  of  said  Northern  Pa- 
cific Terminal  Company  being  in  the  hands  of  a trustee  and  such 
stock  to  be  issued  to  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  Company,  the 
Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company  and  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Naviga- 
tion Company,  in  proportion  to  the  amounts  which  the  said  companies 
respectively  pay  into  the  hands  of  the  trustee  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
tiring the  bonds. 

That  the  accounting  records  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation 
Company  show  that  it  has  expended  in  the  construction  of  their  roads, 
side  tracks,  buildings,  improvements  and  betterments,  shop  machinery 
and  tools  and  filling  of  bridges  the  sum  of  $1,997,768.00. 

That  the  depreciation  of  said  structures  and  improvements  would 
more  than  offset  any  additional  cost  in  construction  over  what  the 
same  originally  cost. 


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That  the  car  and  locomotive  mileage  in  the  state  of  Washington  is 
approximately  27.5  per  cent  of  the  total  car  and  locomotive  mileage 
of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company’s  system:  The  track 
mileage  in  the  state  of  Washington  being  40.18%  of  the  total  track 
mileage  of  said  company. 


No.  39. 

That  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  has  expended  for 
its  property  of  every  kind  and  character  in  this  state  used  for  rail- 
road purposes,  and  such  as  it  will  be  necessary  for  it  to  use  in  the 
immediate  future,  the  sum  of  $14,244,240.93. 


No.  40. 

That  it  would  cost  to  reproduce  new  the  line  of  the  Oregon  Rail- 
road & Navigation  Company,  in  cash,  including  all  terminals  within 
the  state  of  Washington,  all  real  estate  used  by  the  railroad  for  rail- 
road purposes  and  such  as  is  reasonably  necessary  in  the  immediate 
future,  and  all  improvements  thereon  and  including  all  equipment  as 
new,  as  the  same  existed  on  the  30th  day  of  June,  1907,  the  sum 
of  $15,891,452.13. 

No.  41. 

That  the  present  depreciated  value  of  the  property  mentioned  in 
the  preceding  finding,  basing  the  same  solely  on  the  cost  of  repro- 
ducing the  same  new,  is  the  sum  of  $13,933,671.94. 


That  for  the  sake  of  brevity  the  words  “interstate  freight”  and 
“interstate  tonnage”  and  “state  freight”  and  “state  tonnage”  are  de- 
fined and  used  as  follows: 

Interstate  freight  or  interstate  tonnage  is  freight  or  tonnage  that 
originates  on  the  line  of  the  said  road  within  the  state  of  Washington, 
passing  over  the  lines  within  the  state  and  over  the  lines  of  said 
road  beyond  the  limits  of  the  state;  or,  freight  originating  outside  the 
state  of  Washington,  destined  to  points  within  the  state  and  passing 
over  the  lines  without  the  state  and  over  the  lines  within  the  state  of 
Washington;  or,  freight  originating  outside  the  state  of  Washington, 
destined  to  points  without  the  state  passing  over  the  lines  of  said  rail- 
road without  the  state  and  over  the  said  lines  within  the  state;  or, 
freight  originating  within  the  state  of  Washington  destined  to  points 
within  the  state  of  Washington  but  passing  over  the  lines  of  the  said 
road  both  within  and  without  the  state. 

State  freight  and  tonnage  as  hereinafter  used  is  freight  originating 
on  the  lines  of  said  railroad  within  the  state  of  Washington,  destined 
to  points  within  the  state  of  Washington,  and  passing  over  the  lines 
of  said  railroad  wholly  within  the  state. 

Interstate  passengers  are  passengers  traveling  on  a continuous 
contract  with  said  railroad  company  over  its  lines  both  within  and 
without  the  state. 


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State  passengers  are  passengers  traveling  over  the  said  line  on 
continuous  contracts  on  the  lines  wholly  within  the  state  of  Wash- 
ington. 

No.  43. 

That  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30th,  1906,  the  Oregon  Rail- 
road & Navigation  Company  carried  over  its  lines  in  the  state  of 
Washington  1,258,578  tons  constituting  139,189,398  tons  of  freight 
carried  one  mile  over  its  said  lines. 

That  of  the  said  tons  carried  one  mile  approximately  17.08% 
thereof  was  state  freight  and  82.92%  thereof  was  interstate  freight 
and  tonnage. 

That  of  the  said  ton  miles  of  freight  carried  over  the  lines  in  the 
state  of  Washington,  approximately  29,33%  thereof  was  grain,  includ- 
ing wheat,  oats,  flour,  barley,  feed  and  flax,  and  of  which  ton  miles 
of  grain  5.8%  thereof  as  state  tonnage  and  94.20%  thereof  was  inter- 
state tonnage.  That  said  grain  was  hauled  an  average  distance  of 
40.5  miles  and  that  said  interstate  grain  was  hauled  an  average 
distance  of  291.6  miles,  102.3  miles  of  which  was  over  the  lines  within 
the  state  of  Washington  and.  189.3  miles  of  which  was  over  the  lines 
of  said  company  without  the  state  of  Washington. 

That  of  said  ton  miles  so  carried  as  aforesaid  approximately  14.89% 
thereof  was  lumber,  of  which  1.13  was  state  and  98.87%  was  inter- 
state. That  the  average  distance  hauled  of  said  lumber  was  state 
63.4  miles  and  interstate  335.2  miles,  of  which  147.5  miles  was  within 

the  state  of  Washington  and  187.7  miles  was  over  the  lines  of  said 

company  outside  the  state  of  Washington. 

That  of  said  ton  miles  so  carried  as  aforesaid  2.98%  thereof  con- 
sisted of  logs  and  other  forest  products,  of  which  28.79%  was  state 
freight  and  71.21%  was  interstate  freight  and  of  which  the  state  freight 
was  hauled  an  average  distance  of  60.9  miles  and  the  interstate  por- 
tion thereof  was  hauled  194.6  miles,  of  which  65.2  miles  was  within 

the  state  of  Washington,  and  129.4  miles  was  over  the  lines  of  said 

company  outside  the  state  of  Washington. 

That  of  said  ton  miles  so  carried  as  aforesaid  4.34%  thereof  con- 
sists of  coal,  of  which  7.21%  thereof  was  state  tonnage  and  92.79% 
thereof  was  interstate  tonnage.  That  said  state  tonnage  was  hauled 
an  average  distance  of  44.6  miles  and  said  interstate  tonnage  an  aver- 
age distance  of  376.2  miles,  131.4  miles  of  which  was  over  the  lines 
of  said  road  within  the  state  of  Washington  and  244.8  miles  of  which 
was  over  the  lines  of  said  road  without  the  state  of  Washington. 

That  of  said  ton  miles  so  carried  as  aforesaid  16.57%  thereof  con- 
sisted of  ore,  all  of  which  was  interstate  freight,  and  moved  an  average 
distance  of  204.4  miles,  124.4  miles  of  which  was  over  the  lines  of 
said  road  within  the  state  of  Washington  and  80  miles  of  whicn  was 
over  the  lines  of  said  road  without  the  state  of  Washington. 

That  of  said  ton  miles  of  freight  so  carried  as  aforesaid  approxi- 
mately 3.51%  thereof  consisted  of  freight  in  less  car  loads  of  which 
21.57%  was  state  freight  and  moved  an  average  distance  of  64  miles, 


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and  78.42%  thereof  was  interstate  freight  and  moved  an  average 
distance  of  294.8  miles,  117.2  miles  of  which  was  over  the  lines  of 
said  company  within  the  state  of  Washington  and  177.6  miles  of  which 
was  over  the  lines  of  said  road  without  the  state  of  Washington. 

That  the  balance  of  said  ton  miles  approximating  28.38%  consisted 
of  miscellaneous  car  load  freight  moving  under  special  commodity 
rates,  consisting  of  more  than  100  commodities,  of  which  approximately 
8.27%  was  state  freight  moving  an  average  distance  of  31.1  miles,  and 
91.73%  of  which  was  interstate  freight  moving  an  average  distance 
of  340.5  miles,  162.3  miles  of  which  was  over  the  lines  of  said  com- 
pany within  the  state  of  Washington,  and  178.2  miles  of  which  was 
over  the  lines  of  said  company  without  the  state  of  Washington. 

No.  44. 

That  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  is  aliled  with 
and  controlled  by  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  the  said 
Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company  also  controlling  the  Oregon  Short 
Line  Railroad  Company. 

That  the  capital  stock  of  the  said  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation 
Company  consists  of  240,000  shares  of  the  par  value  of  $100.00  per 
share,  of  common  stock,  aggregating  $24,000,000  and  $11,000,000  par 
value  of  preferred  stock.  That  of  said  common  stock  $23,979,300  par 
value  is  owned  by  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad  Company,  $500.00 
thereof  being  owned  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company, 
leaving  $20,200  thereof  in  the  hands  of  the  public.  That  said  $23,- 

979.300.00  worth  so  owned  by  the  Oregon  Short  Line  is  hypothicated 
as  collateral  security  to  secure  the  payment  of  the  bonds*  of  the 
Oregon  Short  Line  and  no  part  thereof  is  available  for  sale  on  the 
market. 

That  of  said  $11,000,000.00  par  value  of  preferred  stock  $10,869, 

220.00  par  value  thereof  is  owned  by  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Company 
and  $122,900.00  par  value  thereof  is  owned  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & 
Navigation  Company,  there  being  in  the  hands  of  the  public  bu| 
$7,880.00  par  value  thereof  of  said  preferred  stock. 

That  of  said  preferred  stock  in  the  hands  of  the  Oregon  Short  Line 
Company  and  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  as  afore- 
said, $10,866,600,000  par  value  is  pledged  as  collateral  security  to 
secure  the  payment  of  their  bonds  and  is  not  available  for  sale  on 
the  market. 

That  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad  Company  is  organized  wit! 
a capital  stock  of  $27,460,100.00  of  which  $27,340,700.00  is  owned  by 
the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company  and  $109,400.00  is  owned  by  the 
Oregon  Short  Line,  leaving  in  the  hands  of  the  public  $10,000.00  worth 
par  value. 

That  the  Columbia  & Palouse  Railroad  Company  operated  by  the 
Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  has  a capital  stock  of  $1,000,- 
000.00  all  of  which  is  owned  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation 
Company  and  all  of  which  is  hypothicated  and  pledged. 


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That  the  Walla  Walla  & Columbia  River  Railroad  Company  is 
organized  with  a capital  stock  of  $700,000.00  all  of  which  is  owned  by 
the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  and  all  of  which  is  hypo- 
tnicated  and  pledged. 

That  the  Snake  River  Valley  Railroad  Company  has  issued  of  its 
capital  stock  $750,000.00  all  of  which  is  owned  by  the  Oregon  Railroad 
& Navigation  Company 

That  the  Columbia  & Southern  Railroad  Company  is  organized 
with  a capital  stock  of  $300,000.00  all  of  which  capital  stock  appears 
to  be  owned  either  by  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company  or  the 
Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad  Company. 

That  the  capital  stock  of  the  Columbia  River  and  Oregon  Central 
Railroad  consists  of  $50,000.00  all  of  which  appears  to  be  owned  by 
the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company  or  the  Oregon  Short  Line. 

Making  a total  capitalization  of  $37,800,000.00. 

That  by  reason  of  the  facts  aforesaid  the  Commission  has  been 
unable  to  ascertain  any  evidence  tending  to  show  that  any  of  the  said 
stock  has  been  sold  within  a reasonable  time  or  any  evidence  which 
will  tend  to  show  the  market  value  of  said  stock. 

That  tne  bonded  indebtedness  of  the  said  Oregon  Railroad  & 
Navigation  Company  consists  of  $3,000.00  of  first  mortgage  bonds  of 
the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  dated  June  6th,  1879, 
and  due  and  payable  July  1st,  1909,  which  bonds  the  Commission  finds 
are  worth  par. 

$22,022,800.00  of  consolidated  mortgage  bonds  bearing  date  June 
1st,  1896,  and  due  and  payable  June  1st,  1946,  and  drawing  interest  at 
the  rate  of  4 per  cent,  per  annum.  That  said  consolidated  bonds  have 


sold  on  the  market  as  follows:  (The  figures  first  hereinafter  given 
showing  the  lowest  quotation  during  the  month  and  the  second  figures 
the  highest  figures  during  such  corresponding  month.) 

For  the  year  1903: 

January  100%  101% 

February  101%  101% 

March  99%  101% 

April  99%  101 

June  * 97%  98% 

July  97  98% 

August  97%  98.. 

September  96%  97% 

October  98  100% 

November  99%  100% 

December  97%  99 

For  the  year  1904: 

January  98%  100% 

February  98%  100% 

March  99  101% 

April  101%  101% 


FINDINGS  APPLICABLE  TO  O.  R.  & N.  CO. 


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May 

June  

July 

August  

September  

October  

November  

December  

For  the  year  1905: 

January  

February  

March  

April  

May 

June  

July  

August  

September  

October  

November  

December  

For  the  year  1906: 

January  

February  

March  

April  

May  

June  

July  

August  

September  

October  

November  

December  

For  the  year  1907: 

January  

February  

March  

April  

May 

June  

July  

August  

September  

October  

November  

December  


102 

102% 

102% 

101% 

102% 

101% 

102% 

102% 

103 

103 

103% 

103% 

104% 

102 

102% 

102% 

103% 

102% 

103% 

102% 

103% 

1021/4 

103% 

102% 

104 

102 

102% 

102% 

103  % 

103 

103% 

102% 

103% 

102% 

103% 

102% 

103% 

100% 

101 

100% 

101% 

100% 

101% 

101 

101% 

100% 

102 

100% 

101% 

99% 

100  % 

100% 

100  % 

100% 

101% 

100% 

101% 

100% 

101% 

101 

101% 

98% 

99% 

97% 

99% 

98% 

99 

98 

99 

97% 

99 

98 

99 

95% 

96 

95% 

97% 

94 

96% 

96% 

95 

92% 

95 

87 

90 

88 

90% 

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That  in  addition  to  the  said  bonds  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navi- 
gation Company  there  is  a further  bonded  indebtedness  of  the  Columbia 
& Palouse  Railroad  Company  amounting  to  the  sum  of  $2,829,000.00 
all  of  which  bonds  are  owned  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation 
Company  and  are  hypothicated  by  it  as  collateral  security.  Also  the 
bonds  of  the  Snake  River  Valley  Railroad  Company  in  the  sum  of 
$1,500,000.00  all  of  which  said  bonds  are  owned  by  the  Oregon  Railroad 
& Navigation  Company.  Also  the  bonds  of  the  Columbia  & Southern 
Railroad  Company  in  the  sum  of  $700,000.00  all  of  which  is  owned  by 
the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company.  And  the  bonds  of  the 
Columbia  River  and  Oregon  Central  Railroad  Company  amounting  to 
the  sum  of  $675,000.00,  which  bonds  appear  to  be  owned  by  either  the 
Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company  or  the  Oregon  Short  Line  Railroad 
Company,  making  an  apparent  bonded  indebtedness  against  the  said 
lines  operated  by  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  of  the 
sum  of  $27,729,800.00. 

That  the  Columbia  & Palouse  Railroad  Company  bonds,  the  Snake 
River  valley  railroad  bonds,  the  Columbia  & Southern  Railroad  Com- 
pany bonds  and  the  Columbia  River  and  Oregon  Central  Railroad  Com- 
pany bonds  are  not  available  or  offered  for  sale  in  the  open  market 
and  the  Commission  is  therefore  unableto  give  the  market  value 
thereof. 

No.  45. 

That  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company’s  lines  oper- 
ated in  the  state  of  Washington  are  divided  in  divisions  as  herein- 
after stated. 

That  portion  of  the  line  extending  from  the  Washington-Oregon 
Boundary  line  to  Starbuck,  Wash.,  a distance  of  84.81  miles,  there  are 
239  curves  aggregating  a length  of  32.32  miles;  that  there  are  52.9 
miles  of  straight  track  and  4.07  miles  of  level  track;  that  there  are 
33  ascending  grades,  making  an  aggregate  ascent  of  2,187  feet  and 
having  a total  length  of  51.50  miles.  That  there  are  32  descending 
grades,  making  an  aggregate  descent  of  1,895  feet  and  having  an  aggre- 
gate length  of  29.24  miles. 

That  on  that  portion  of  the  line  extending  from  Wallula,  Wash., 
to  Grange  City  Junction,  a distance  of  65.85  miles,  there  are  150  curves, 
aggregating  a distance  of  27.32  miles;  that  there  are  38.53  miles  of 
straight  track  and  14.54  miles  of  level  track;  that  there  are  21  ascend- 
ing grades  making  an  aggregate  ascent  of  390  feet,  having  an  aggre- 
gate length  of  34.47  miles;  that  there  are  15  descending  grades  making 
an  aggregate  descent  of  193  feet  and  having  an  aggregate  length  of 
16.84  miles. 

That  on  that  portion  of  the  line  extending  from  Bolles  Junction 
to  Turner,  Wash.,  a distance  of  25.06  miles,  there  are  65  curves  aggre- 
gating a distance  of  8.17  miles;  that  there  are  16.89  miles  of  straight 
track  and  2.13  miles  of  level  track;  that  there  are  23  ascending  grades 
making  an  aggregate  ascent  of  562.3  feet  and  having  an  aggregate 


FINDINGS  APPLICABLE  TO  O.  R.  & N.  CO. 


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distance  of  20.87  miles;  that  there  is  one  descending  grade  making  a 
descent  of  9.5  feet  and  having  a distance  of  20.6  miles. 

That  on  that  portion  of  the  line  extending  from  Starbuck  to  Pom- 
eroy, a distance  of  30  miles,  there  are  57  curves  aggregating  a distance 
of  6.80  miles;  that  there  is  23.20  miles  of  straight  track  and  1.33  miles 
of  level  track;  that  there  are  73  ascending  grades  making  an  aggre- 
gate ascent  of  1,246  feet  and  having  an  aggregate  distance  of  28.67 
miles. 

Tnat  on  that  portion  of  the  line  extending  from  the  Idaho-Washington 
state  line  to  Walla  Walla  a distance  of  4.54  miles,  there  are  two  curves 
aggregating  a distance  of  .72  miles;  that  there  are  3.82  miles  of  straight 
track  and  .15  miles  of  level  track;  that  there  are  5 ascending  grades 
making  an  aggregate  ascent  of  39.9  feet  and  having  an  aggregate  length 
of  .23  miles;  that  there  are  5 descending  grades,  making  an  aggregate 
descent  of  55  feet  and  having  an  aggregate  length  of  4.16  miles. 

That  on  that  portion  of  the  line  extending  from  Starbuck  to  Spo- 
kane, a distance  of  156.37  miles,  there  are  352  curves,  aggregating  a 
distance  of  59.85  miles;  that  there  are  96.52  miles  of  straight  track 
and  12.45  miles  of  level  track;  that  there  are  185  ascending  grades 
making  an  aggregate  ascent  of  3,622  feet  and  having  an  aggregate 
distance  of  95.65  miles;  that  there  are  71  descending  grades  making 
an  aggregate  descent  of  2,384.5  feet  and  having  an  aggregate  distance 
of  48.27  miles. 

That  on  that  portion  of  the  line  extending  from  Colfax  to  Wash- 
ington & Idaho  line,  a distance  of  26.20  miles,  there  are  84  curves 
aggregating  a distance  of  11.91  miles;  that  there  are  14.29  miles  of 
straight  track  and  4.65  miles  of  level  track;  that  there  are  70  ascend- 
ing grades  making  an  aggregate  ascent  of  498  feet  and  having  an 
aggregate  distance  of  21.25  miles. 

That  on  that  portion  of  the  line  extending  from  La  Crosse  to 
Connell,  a distance  of  53.12  miles,  there  are  69  curves  aggregating  a 
distance  of  11.51  miles;  that  there  are  41.60  miles  of  straight  track 
and  12.33  miles  of  level  track;  that  there  are  44  ascending  grades 
making  an  aggregate  ascent  of  912  feet  and  having  an  aggregate 
length  of  29.27  miles;  that  there  are  17  descending  grades  making  an 
aggregate  descent  of  285  feet  and  having  an  aggregate  length  of  11.52 
miles. 

That  on  that  portion  of  the  line  extending  from  Winona  to  Seltice, 
a distance  of  47.84  miles,  there  are  92  curves  aggregating  a distance 
of  17.58  miles;  that  there  are  30.26  miles  of  straight  track  and  4.42 
miles  of  level  track;  that  there  are  40  ascending  grades  making  an 
aggregate  ascent  of  1,468  feet  and  having  an  aggregate  length  of  30.41 
miles;  that  there  are  19  descending  grades  making  an  aggregate  de- 
scent of  437  feet  and  having  an  aggregate  length  of  13  miles. 

That  on  that  portion  of  the  line  extending  from  Tekoa  to  Wash- 
ington-Idaho  state  line  a distance  of  2.13  miles,  there  are  4 curves  ag- 


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gregating  a distance  of  .68  miles;  that  there  is  1.45  miles  of  straight 
track  and  .07  miles  of  level  track;  that  there  is  one  ascending  grade 
making  an  ascent  of  28.3  feet  and  having  a length  of  2.06  miles. 

That  on  that  portion  of  the  line  extending  from  Fairfield  to  Wrav- 
erly,  a distance  of  4.76  miles,  there  are  13  curves  aggregating  a dis- 
tance of  2.63  miles;  that  there  are  2.13  miles  of  straight  track;  that 
there  are  3 ascending  grades  making  an  aggregate  ascent  of  73  feet 
and  having  an  aggregate  length  of  1.62  miles;  that  there  are  2 de- 
scending grades  making  an  aggregate  descent  of  233  feet  and  having 
an  aggregate  length  of  3.14  miles. 


The  Commission  finds  that  the  fair  cash  market  value  of  the 
property  of  the  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  in  the  state 
of  Washington,  used  for  the  public  convenience  and  such  as  is  owned 
by  it  necessary  to  be  used  for  the  public  convenience  in  the  imme- 
diate future  on  June  30th,  1907,  was  the  sum  of  $19,500,000.00. 


The  Oregon  Railroad  & Navigation  Company  has  failed  and  re- 
fused to  furnish  this  commission  with  a division  of  the  operating  ex- 
penses by  its  different  operating  divisions  according  to  state  lines, 
or  to  show  the  proportionate  amount  of  expense  incurred  on  the  lines 
within  the  state  of  Washington,  and  has  also  failed  and  refused  to 
furnish  the  commission  with  the  earnings  derived  from  earnings  on 
its  lines  within  the  state  of  Washington,  and  proceedings  are  now  con- 
templated to  compel  said  railroad  to  keep  its  accounts  in  such  manner 
as  to  furnish  the  information  above  mentioned.  The  commission  has 
been  unable  to  procure  the  information  necessary  for  it  to  make 
proper  division  of  the  value  of  the  use  of  such  lines  within  the  state 
for  state  and  interstate  purposes  respectively,  and  the  further  hear- 
ing of  this  cause  is  continued  for  the  purpose  of  making  findings 
snowing  the  relative  value  of  the  use  state  and  interstate  of  such 
lines  and  the  probable  earnings  of  said  road  on  state  business  under 
rates  now  charged,  and  the  proportionate  cost  of  operating  said  lines 
as  between  state  and  interstate  business  respectively. 

WITNESS  THE  RAILROAD  COMMISSION  OF  WASHINGTON  this 
31st  day  of  December,  1908. 

H.  A.  FAIRCHILD,  Chairman. 

JOHN  C.  LAWRENCE, 

JESSE  S.  JONES, 

Members  of  Commission. 

Attest:  O.  O.  CALDERHEAD,  Secretary. 


